control
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To understand how plastic exposure might affect the insects, researchers ran a series of controlled experiments.
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Under carefully controlled conditions, phosphorus atoms can organize themselves into short, straight lines on a silver substrate.
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New research from UVA Health explains how the body still manages to keep this infection under control.
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Rather than reflecting a loss of control due to runaway habits, some compulsive behaviors may result from excessive, though misdirected, deliberate control.
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First introduced in 2021, the dancing molecules therapy uses controlled molecular motion to repair tissue and potentially reverse paralysis after traumatic spinal cord injury.
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