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synthesis

[sin-thuh-sis] / ˈsɪn θə sɪs /


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Another name often cited among commentators is Taiwanese-American biochemist Chi-Huey Wong for pioneering synthesis methods for complex carbohydrates and glycoproteins.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

The team compared three chitin synthesis inhibitors: bistrifluron, chlorfluazuron, and noviflumuron.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

“It’s the most comfortable synthesis of all the things I do.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

Zhang's broader research also covers nanomaterial synthesis, radiation damage in nanostructured materials, the mechanical behavior of nanostructured metals, and functional materials.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026

Conceptually, it was thus very easy to visualize how a single chain could be the template for the synthesis of a chain with the complementary sequence.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson

Not only research but also industrial applications in pharmaceutical syntheses and in materials science could all benefit from the results.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 9, 2024

The papers were reviews and syntheses of research by groups of scientists in several countries around the polar region.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 11, 2022

In August, the group debuted a list of the best, most up-to-date evidence syntheses on COVID-19.

From Science Magazine ● Oct. 8, 2020

Perbromate salts are difficult to prepare, and the best syntheses currently involve the oxidation of bromates in basic solution with fluorine gas followed by acidification.

From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019

Since Toynbee’s attempt, worldwide syntheses of historical causation have fallen into disfavor among most historians, as posing an apparently intractable problem.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond


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