Glossary
Active shield: A defensive system with built-in constraints to limit or prevent its offensive use.
Adhesion: Property of certain dissimilar molecules that cling together due to attractive forces.
Aerobots (aerobotics): Aerial (flying) robots.
Atom: Basic unit of matter consisting of a dense, central nucleus surrounded by a cloud of negatively charged electrons The atomic nucleus contains a mix of positively charged protons and electrically neutral neutrons.
Amino acids: Organic molecules that are the building blocks of proteins There are some 200 known amino acids, of which 20 are used extensively in living organisms.
Antioxidants: Chemicals that protect against oxidation, which causes rancidity in fats and damage to DNA.
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