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- noun Plural form of
biopolymer .
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Examples
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These "biopolymers" are the waxy, water resistant barriers between the plant cells and the environment.
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These "biopolymers" overcome problems such as scarring encountered with metal electrodes, where the body recognises them as foreign objects and forms scar tissue, eventually shortening the useful life of the implant.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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For example, they have helped researchers unravel the complex elasticity and folding dynamics of DNA, RNA, proteins and other long-chain "biopolymers".
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Patrick McKenney has a plan for this: bioplastics, which use biopolymers instead of polymers.
Jennifer Schwab: TEDx: Plastic Is the New Smoking Jennifer Schwab 2010
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Patrick McKenney has a plan for this: bioplastics, which use biopolymers instead of polymers.
Jennifer Schwab: TEDx: Plastic Is the New Smoking Jennifer Schwab 2010
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I assumed biopolymers of some sort were going to replace plastics / metals, etc in a wide variety of uses - even in robotics / automotive appliances - but after reading this, wood begins to suggest possiblities.
Néojaponisme » Blog Archive » Infiniti Brand Journey: Sano Magic 2010
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But I do have the advantage of not immediately qualifying any such statement by saying: "However, so far there has been no explanation of how the first RNA-like biopolymers could originate and survive on the primordial Earth."
A Minimal Genome 2006
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Publicly, it will say only that it will make biopolymers, solvents and lubricants that can be profitable when oil prices are above $50 a barrel, and aims to have a biorefinery online in 2010.
Corn on the Catwalk 2007
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But what if polypeptides and other biopolymers had formed in the prebiotic soup?
Ten Questions to Ask Your Biology Teacher - The Panda's Thumb 2005
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Biomonomers presumably linked together to form the first proteins, nucleic acids and other biopolymers.
Experts in creationism trials -- Shallit be? - The Panda's Thumb 2005
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