Sentence examples for meant that scientists from inspiring English sources

In 2001 George Bush issued a ban on federal funding of research on new embryonic stem-cell lines a compromise that meant that scientists could only work with cells from the batches they already had.

It has long been known to play a key part of the global climate system, but the difficulty and expense of close monitoring have meant that scientists have only in recent years been able to make detailed assessments.

Knowing that certain brain areas are abnormal, she said, meant that scientists could try to work out ways of training or medicating the brain to get around the damage.

"For a lot of people, it is still a moral issue and willpower has nothing to do with the brain". Knowing that certain brain areas are abnormal, she said, meant that scientists could try to work out ways of training or medicating the brain to get around the damage.

This discovery meant that scientists had been overestimating the star's abundance of heavy elements, which in turn meant they had been overestimating its mass and thus underestimating its age, because less massive stars evolve more slowly.

Up until now this has meant that scientists do experiments, read papers, and go to seminars to get data to build models of both normal and diseased cell states.

By the same token, rare cases of mistreatment of animals in research labs do not mean that scientists as a whole do not care for the welfare of their animals.

That does not mean that scientists can anticipate every worry.

The discovery does not mean that scientists have found life elsewhere.

Today, advancements in computer modelling mean that scientists can make quantitative assessments in real time.

It means that scientists have finally decoded complex birdsong for the first time.