synthetic

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The product - which, you may be surprised to read, doesn't smell - has already been used to grow grass and crops, with field trials suggesting it can be as effective as synthetic fertiliser.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

The team believes this discovery could influence multiple fields, including cancer research, drug delivery, tissue repair and synthetic biology.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

"They rely on highly personalised phishing emails, automatically generated malware, and synthetic identities that appear deceptively real," he said.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

These can be made either from municipal waste and no-food biomass, or from synthetic industrial processes, which take carbon from the atmosphere to produce the fuel, or a mix of both.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

“It’s worth a fortune, you realize. It’s not synthetic; it’s from before the war, made from genuine mash.”

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick