To plan the syntheses of small organic molecules, chemists use retrosynthesis, a problem-solving technique in which target molecules are recursively transformed into increasingly simpler precursors.
With 10,000 people per day migrating to the world's urban areas, cities everywhere are seeking ways to transform their increasingly congested landscapes into safer, smarter, and healthier environments that better serve their residents.
Rapid land use/-cover change has increasingly transformed the hydrological functioning of tropical Andean ecosystems.
Acts of witnessing and the tasks of documenting and archiving are increasingly transformed by new technological applications.
Farther north, as ski areas are increasingly transformed into year-round destinations, more houses and condos for up for rent.
And even though he continued to incorporate elements of comic imagery into his work for the rest of his career, the source imagery is increasingly transformed.
In the 1990s the Greek Cypriot sector increasingly transformed itself into a centre of international transit trade, merchant shipping, banking, and related services.
A long list of pitches and changing rooms have been transformed nationally and, increasingly, new 3G facilities added, their openings often attended by Premier League stars.
Due to deforestation, intact tropical forest areas are increasingly transformed into a mixture of remaining forest patches and human modified areas.
The timing of the conference was a fitting meteorological coincidence; in a world increasingly transformed by climate change, heavy rains and major floods are becoming more common, at least in some areas.
