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To be clear, the mink and possible sea lion outbreaks are not themselves catalytic events that would make H5N1 a human threat.
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Caitlin Rivers, Foreign Affairs, 14 Mar. 2023
The robot is controlled with microfluidic logic that autonomously regulates fluid flow and, hence, catalytic decomposition of an on-board monopropellant fuel supply.
—Evan Ackerman, IEEE Spectrum, 26 Aug. 2016
But the techniques of catalytic computing relied on the extra, full memory being very large.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 18 Feb. 2025
The kinase domain – the Pac-Man – is the catalytic center where the protein does its main job: adding a phosphate group to its target to control its activity.
—Priyanka Naik, The Conversation, 7 Mar. 2025
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Caitlin Rivers, Foreign Affairs, 14 Mar. 2023
The robot is controlled with microfluidic logic that autonomously regulates fluid flow and, hence, catalytic decomposition of an on-board monopropellant fuel supply.
—Evan Ackerman, IEEE Spectrum, 26 Aug. 2016
But the techniques of catalytic computing relied on the extra, full memory being very large.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 18 Feb. 2025
The kinase domain – the Pac-Man – is the catalytic center where the protein does its main job: adding a phosphate group to its target to control its activity.
—Priyanka Naik, The Conversation, 7 Mar. 2025
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“Catalytic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/catalytic. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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catalytic
adjective
cat·a·lyt·ic
ˌkat-ᵊl-ˈit-ik 
: causing, involving, or relating to catalysis
the catalytic action of an enzyme
Medical Definition
catalytic
adjective
cat·a·lyt·ic
ˌkat-ᵊl-ˈit-ik
: causing, involving, or relating to catalysis
a catalytic reaction
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