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NL888 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
What does " it was an artefact" mean?
Context:
“It’s amazing. I would have never thought external stress could have this effect,” says Yoshiki Sasai, a stem-cell researcher at the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology in Kobe, Japan, and a co-author of the latest studies. It took Haruko Obokata, a young stem-cell biologist at the same centre, five years to develop the method and persuade Sasai and others that it works. “Everyone said it was an artefact— there were some really hard days,” says Obokata.
MOre:
http://www.nature.com/news/acid-bath-offers-easy-path-to-stem-cells-1.14600
“It’s amazing. I would have never thought external stress could have this effect,” says Yoshiki Sasai, a stem-cell researcher at the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology in Kobe, Japan, and a co-author of the latest studies. It took Haruko Obokata, a young stem-cell biologist at the same centre, five years to develop the method and persuade Sasai and others that it works. “Everyone said it was an artefact— there were some really hard days,” says Obokata.
MOre:
http://www.nature.com/news/acid-bath-offers-easy-path-to-stem-cells-1.14600
Top answer
it is one of these two meanings. I am not familiar with the details of the story, so I cannot tell you which is intended. Artefact/artifact: 4.
- it is one of these two meanings.
- I am not familiar with the details of the story, so I cannot tell you which is intended.
- Artefact/artifact: 4.
- a substance or structure not naturally present in the matter being observed but formed by artificial means, as during preparation of a microscope slide.
- 5.
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it is one of these two meanings. I am not familiar with the details of the story, so I cannot tell you which is intended.
Artefact/artifact:
4. a substance or structure not naturally present in the matter being observed but formed by artificial means, as during preparation of a microscope slide.
5. a spurious observation or result arising from preparatory or inve
Artefact/artifact:
4. a substance or structure not naturally present in the matter being observed but formed by artificial means, as during preparation of a microscope slide.
5. a spurious observation or result arising from preparatory or inve
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