Irwin Rose

Enzymologists usually study the initial rates of reactions measuring product formation as a function of substrate concentration or other variable. Cell biologists are more likely to want to know the effect of a change on the steady state behavior of a complex system.

American Scientist

Stanislav Grof

According to materialistic science, any memory requires a material substrate, such as the neuronal network in the brain or the DNA molecules of the genes.

Czechoslovakian Psychologist

Hari Kunzru

I think it's important for all culturally literate people to understand the technological substrate of new developments.

British Novelist

Often used metaphorically for something that underpins or supports another thing.

Metaphoric Use

The substrate may not be immediately apparent, as it's often underlying or beneath.

Not Always Visible

Be aware of the context in which 'substrate' is used, it could refer to a physical or abstract foundation.

Context Specific

'Substrate' often clues you into discussions about biochemical reactions or biological processes.

Biological Processes

In biochemistry, 'substrate' may not be something tangible; it could be a molecule or compound.

Not Just Physical

Scientists use 'substrate' with precise meaning, so avoid using it broadly when discussing enzyme activity.

Precision in Science

'Substrate' is used in specialized fields; its use might confuse outside of tech or science discussions.

Technical Contexts

'Substrate' in electronics often refers to specific materials like silicon, germanium, or gallium arsenide.

Specific Material

 Really? God, they have a huge amount of space. It's really important to give them as much space as we possibly can, also to give them the most natural environment. As you can see, sort of within the enclosures, there's lots of wood. We've got natural substrate on the ground, so that kind of incites sort of natural foraging behaviours. Oh, look at them go.

Should Primates be Kept...

 Enter the enzyme. Enzymes are proteins that speed up, or catalyze, reactions by lowering the activation energy. They make it easier for the molecule, also known as a substrate, to get to the transition state. You can think of a reaction like a race. Some racers are running along, while others have teammates to help them.

Activation energy:...

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 difference between the life that was and I like that now it is some of these guys because they have been used in research some of them are afraid of the grass it's a foreign substrate to them so they're really hesitant they look around for affirmation like is this okay and

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 erosion up until the stake respective spartina alterniflora is it's a very powerful ecosystem engineer which means that it physically impacts this entire ecosystem so just the presence of the marsh here is dependent on the ability of spartina to hold the substrate in

Oil-Eating Bacteria...

 look underneath we're finding that basically soils are developed there's mosses there's little tussock grasses basically an ecosystem seems to actually be developing under the surface of this very unstable rocky substrate there's much more life

Everest Biology - Life...

 gravity works and let me show you what it is that he found so Einstein found that the medium that transmits gravity is space itself the idea goes like this imagine space is a substrate of all there is Einstein said space is nice and

String theory - Brian...

 So Einstein found that the medium that transmits gravity is space itself. The idea goes like imagine space is a substrate of all there is. Einstein said space is nice and flat, if there's no matter present.

Making sense of string...

 the truth is nobody really knows. What we do know is that the ultimate limit to information processing in a machine substrate lies far outside the limits in biological tissue. This comes down to physics.

What happens when our...

 to say, if we understand the fundamental processes that do not refer to any particular substrate, then we can go out and try other worlds, figure out what kind of chemical alphabets might there be,