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Importantly, the cells within the tissue remained alive because the researchers carefully controlled the pH changes during treatment.

From Science Daily • May 28, 2026

The machines still stumble, pause, misread objects and often work best in controlled environments.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

Geiser argued that the high school GPA outperforms the SAT in predicting first-year student success once income and race are controlled.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

After acquiring several small life-insurance companies, they charged, Lindberg orchestrated a scheme to siphon at least $2 billion from their books to companies he controlled, using a web of loans involving affiliated entities.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

To the Pythagoreans, ratios and proportions controlled musical beauty, physical beauty, and mathematical beauty.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife