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He even devised a concrete upper limit for "smallness": "The absolute maximum to which a society can expand without having its basic functions degrade, is about 12 to 15 million people".

At present, says Dr Demkowicz, reactors burn only around 1% of their fuel, so even a modest increase in fuel burn would leave less radioactive waste.The reason why the linings of nuclear reactors degrade is that metals can become brittle and weak when they are exposed to radiation.

The ongoing research into the history of painting technique and into how artists' materials degrade is a central part of our department's work.

Importantly, retention time in the disc (analogous to the time it takes for microspheres to fully degrade), is longer than the time period over which microspheres continue to release active IL-1ra at therapeutic concentrations [8].

The only person these remarks degrade is the critic.

However, the rate of degradation of scaffolds in vivo is rapid (within weeks) for PGA and proportionally slower as PLA, which is much slower to degrade, is added to the polymer solution.

"Extremely degrading", is how Refn recalls the experience.

Saying it is degrading is like saying all of TV is degrading just because you have watched Top Gear.

Maybe consumption upgrading or degrading isn't the key problem.

The pathway through which IGF-1R is degraded is still an issue of debate.

Numerous molecules that mimic incretins or prevent them from being degraded are in clinical trials.