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According to Aguado, this method functions as "a global probe sensitive to the overall state of the system," enabling scientists to access information that was previously difficult to observe.
From Science Daily
"It's going to be very difficult to pinpoint it to one cause," she said.
From Barron's
Bizarrely, this wasn’t even the first time that an Olympic pairs figure skater needed to pass the country’s notoriously difficult language test.
Many doctors say it would be difficult to swap out seed oils, which are also used in European formula, and long regarded as safe, for other sources of those same nutrients.
Waiting much longer carried risks that idled equipment could become frozen and difficult to restart.
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