How to Use tau in a Sentence

tau

noun

• That leads to a buildup of tau, an abnormal protein that can take over parts of the brain.
  — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 11 Oct. 2019
• Even now, the tau above the site remains at about 2.1, based on observations with MRO.
  — Alison Klesman, Discover Magazine, 21 Aug. 2018
• The condition is believed to be caused by a buildup of beta amyloid plaques and tau protein in the brain.
  — Katie Hunt, CNN, 29 July 2020
• The tau Herculid shower is predicted to peak on the evening of Monday, May 30 and the early morning of May 31.
  — Julia Musto, Fox News, 26 May 2022
• This was followed by the discovery of a third flavor, the tau neutrino, in 2000.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 19 Sep. 2019
• Some companies have changed their target to the tau protein.
  — Christian Holscher, CNN, 15 June 2018
• Researchers found levels of the tau protein in the blood of 78 former NFL players were nine times higher than in the control group.
  — Kent Somers, USA TODAY, 24 June 2017
• Researchers found levels of the tau protein in the blood of 78 former NFL players were nine times higher than in the control group.
  — Kent Somers, azcentral, 29 Mar. 2018
• Plaques and fibrous tangles are formed by the proteins beta-amyloid and tau and are the hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease.
  — Gretchen Cuda Kroen, cleveland, 18 Nov. 2022
• Later research identified the proteins that made up the plaques as amyloid and those that form the tangles as tau.
  — Christian Holscher, CNN, 15 June 2018
• Another target is the protein tau, which forms tangles in the brains of Alzheimer's patients.
  — Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 19 Aug. 2022
• Patients with high levels of tau in their blood could then be screened further for C.T.E., Alzheimer’s and other diseases.
  — Ken Belson, New York Times, 26 Sep. 2016
• There are three kinds—the electron neutrino, the muon neutrino, and the tau neutrino.
  — Nandita Jayaraj, Quartz India, 27 Aug. 2019
• The diagnosis of Alzheimer’s rests on finding errant forms of amyloid and tau.
  — Stacey Burling, Philly.com, 8 May 2018
• Another protein, called tau, has also been linked to the disease.
  — WIRED, 8 Aug. 2023
• The particles come in three flavors—electron, muon, and tau—depending on how they are born.
  — Adrian Cho, Science | AAAS, 8 Aug. 2019
• Curiosity is starting to see haze from the storm on the other side of the planet, registering a tau of about 2 or 3.
  — Jay Bennett, Popular Mechanics, 13 June 2018
• Also, spinal taps can show whether amyloid and tau proteins are present in cerebrospinal fluid.
  — New York Times, 20 Feb. 2020
• The electron, muon and tau flavors would all be observable, at least in principle.
  — William Charles Louis, Scientific American, 1 July 2020
• The 35 percent slowdown occurred in a group with a moderate level of a protein called tau, also linked to Alzheimer’s, in their brains.
  — Laurie McGinley, Anchorage Daily News, 4 May 2023
• The previous storm had an opacity level, or tau, of 5.5.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 11 June 2018
• Researchers are looking at a way to prevent tau from forming tangles.
  — Mayo Clinic News Network, chicagotribune.com, 11 Nov. 2019
• There are three types of neutrinos, referred to as the three flavors: electron, muon, and tau neutrinos.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 23 Aug. 2019
• Get this: the test can detect tau up to 20 years before patients develop any symptoms.
  — Stephen McBride, Forbes, 23 June 2021
• Many recent studies of these tests have focused not on beta amyloid, but on certain forms of tau.
  — Kelly Servick, Science | AAAS, 21 July 2021
• That repetition leads to a buildup of tau protein, an abnormal protein that kills and eats away at brain cells.
  — Sam Donnellon, Philly.com, 19 Apr. 2018
• All of the brains had evidence of amyloid plaques and another Alzheimer’s hallmark, tau tangles.
  — NBC News, 12 July 2019
• Yet post-mortem autopsies often find none of the amyloid plaques or tau tangles that are hallmarks of the mind-robbing illness.
  — Linda Marsa, Discover Magazine, 23 Dec. 2019
• The woman’s mutation is in an area of the gene that binds with a sugar-protein compound that is involved in spreading tau in Alzheimer’s disease.
  — Pam Belluck, New York Times, 4 Nov. 2019
• Unfortunately for physicists looking to depart from the predictions of the Standard Model, the muon seems to get its mass from the same place as the tau.
  — Daniel Garisto, Scientific American, 6 Aug. 2020

Last Updated: 28 May 2024