The phrase "are being activated" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a process where something is currently being turned on or initiated, often in a passive construction.
Example: "The safety protocols are being activated to ensure the well-being of all personnel during the emergency."
Alternatives: "are being turned on" or "are being initiated".
At the same time, when neuronal activity in the prefrontal lobes becomes reduced, the basal ganglia are being activated, which control routine behavior (Dietrich and Sparling 2004; Graybiel 2008).
"I can see what he sees, which sensors are being activated, what emotions he's showing," he said.
Now, two decades after the end of the cold war, they are being activated to cause some big global trouble.
Entire networks are being activated – Gabriela in the Philippines, Unite in Britain, the AFL-CIO union in the US, and more than 14,000 other groups around the world.
Its medical name is cytokine-release syndrome, or cytokine storm, referring to the natural chemicals that pour out of cells in the immune system as they are being activated, causing fevers and other symptoms.
While most of the reservists who are being activated will support cleanup and security operations within the United States, some units under consideration would probably be used overseas to support the retaliatory attacks that President Bush has vowed to carry out.
To confirm that sphingomyelinases were being activated, sphingomyelinase activity was measured.
Next, we investigated how C5 was being activated in the absence of C3 and activating FcγRs.
But it, too, seemed to dampen the activity only of T cells that were being activated, like those attacking the insulin-producing cells, said Dr. Bluestone, who developed the drug.
At the time Android handsets were being activated at the rate of 180,000 per day.
Mr. Bugas, who is known as Fritz, said a six-word phrase -- "The lease agreement is being activated" -- would have set his staff to work.
