delta
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Zoledronate increased the number of available gamma delta T cells and improved their ability to identify the lung cancer tumors.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
After seven days of using the Hinoki oil, participants showed increased delta wave activity around the time they were falling asleep.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
The VSC is a system by which the cars are forced to drive to a specified lap-time delta while a hazard on track is cleared.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
The following morning, bright and early to beat the heat, Olsi drove me the two hours from Tirana to the Vjosa Narta delta, which lies just north of the coastal city of Vlore.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
And Ethir Anduin he saw, the mighty delta of the River, and myriads of sea-birds whirling like a white dust in the sun, and beneath them a green and silver sea, rippling in endless lines.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
The world-renowned site features iron carbonate concretions that formed some 309 million years ago, fossilizing within them ancient creatures that had once thrived in the area's lush swamps, shallow seas and river deltas.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
In 18 of the 40 deltas, this downward movement, known as subsidence, already exceeds local sea-level rise.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 20, 2026
Researchers used advanced satellite radar systems to measure changes in surface elevation across deltas on five continents.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 20, 2026
That means they are also imperiling some of the world’s most important food-producing lowlands in the Nile and Mekong deltas and cities from Shanghai to New York.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2025
In fifth-grade history we had spent a lot of time worrying about the flooded river deltas of the ancient world.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
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