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saturated fat
saturated fat any solid fat that is an ester of glycerol and a saturated fatty acid . The molecules of a saturated fat have only single bonds between carbon atoms; if double bonds are present in the fatty acid portion of the molecule, the fat is said to be unsaturated. Unsaturated fats general...
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phosphorylation
phosphorylation chemical process in which a phosphate group is added to an organic molecule. In living cells phosphorylation is associated with respiration , which takes place in the cell's mitochondria, and photosynthesis, which takes place in the chloroplasts. The energy released during metaboli...
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data processing
data processing or information processing, operations (e.g., handling, merging, sorting, and computing) performed upon data in accordance with strictly defined procedures, such as recording and summarizing the financial transactions of a business. In automatic or electronic data processing the ...
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lithography
lithography , type of planographic or surface printing. It is distinguished from letterpress (relief) printing and from intaglio printing (in which the design is cut or etched into the plate). Lithography is used both as an art process and as a commercial printing process. In commercial printing t...
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amalgamation process
amalgamation process , in particular, a method to extract gold and silver from ores. The ore is crushed and treated with mercury , in which the metal dissolves. The amalgam is heated and the mercury evaporates, leaving pure gold or silver. The process has been criticized as an environmental and occ...
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aging
aging in biology, cumulative changes in an organism, organ, tissue, or cell leading to a decrease in functional capacity. In humans, aging is associated with degenerative changes in the skin, bones, heart, blood vessels, lungs, nerves, and other organs and tissues. The branch of medicine that deals...
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Hastings
Hastings city (1996 pop. 58,495), SE North Island, New Zealand, close to Napier. It has extensive food-processing industries, including meatpacking, canning, and dairy processing.
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smelting
smelting in metallurgy, any process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore. Smelting processes vary in detail depending on the nature of the ore and the metal involved, but they are typified in the use of the blast furnace .
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distillation
distillation process used to separate the substances composing a mixture. It involves a change of state, as of liquid to gas, and subsequent condensation . The process was probably first used in the production of intoxicating beverages. Today, refined methods of distillation are used in many indus...
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polymerase chain reaction
polymerase chain reaction (PCR), laboratory process in which a particular DNA segment from a mixture of DNA chains is rapidly replicated, producing a large, readily analyzed sample of a piece of DNA; the process is sometimes called DNA amplification.
The Process
In PCR, DNA (see nucleic ...
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