chance discovery

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Magma is very hard to locate underground, but in 2009 Icelandic engineers made a chance discovery.

From BBC • Oct. 17, 2024

"This chance discovery allowed us to recognize that we can design carbon nanotube architectures with desired characteristics by adjusting rotation angles and shaking conditions."

From Science Daily • Dec. 11, 2023

Some of her most celebrated finds came from a 1987 Greenland trip, inspired by her chance discovery of a specimen in a museum drawer in Cambridge, UK.

From Nature • Apr. 22, 2020

The most important clues for solving the mystery are there from the very beginning, rather than revealed, by chance discovery, over time.

From New York Times • Dec. 17, 2019

Better to hide out and chance discovery than be caught in open country at sunrise.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson