discovery
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Royal Bank noted that, for instance, Canadian mining projects average over 20 years from discovery to production, versus over 13 years in Australia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
AIs are already being used to answer decades-long unsolved complex mathematical problems, and have assisted scientists in speeding up scientific discovery and even designing new viruses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
In the last two decades, China has transformed from a basic manufacturer of generics and precursor chemicals into a hotbed of scientific discovery, boosted by government support and low operating costs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
The researchers hope the discovery, published in the journal Nature, will help scientists develop more effective and longer-lasting coatings.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
A new discovery is just beyond your reach.’
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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Within days of releasing the solution to one problem, OpenAI suggested it was close to solving another, raising the possibility of two discoveries that had eluded us for decades arriving in the same week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
Experts were amazed the site was intact, as previous discoveries had found looted and destroyed remains from the colonial era.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
We can’t calculate the discoveries that never happened.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
"The timeframe of our discoveries fills a geological gap or missing link present in records of other countries," said Suravech Suteethorn, deputy director of the university's Palaeontological Research and Education Centre.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
The reason for this is very simple: Bacon made no scientific discoveries himself.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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