embryonic
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Cell division is fundamental to life, yet scientists have struggled to fully explain how it works in the earliest stages of embryonic development, especially in egg laying animals.
From Science Daily • Feb. 28, 2026
The Ivanpah plant used embryonic solar thermal technology that generated power from hundreds of thousands of mirrors focusing sunlight onto giant towers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025
They rarely work with finished products; instead, they nurture embryonic ideas.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2025
There are real concerns with IVF in America, even for those who do not belong to the movement for embryonic personhood.
From Slate • Oct. 7, 2025
They are the mapmakers of the embryonic world.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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