resistant
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It’s more highly enriched than the uranium that most reactors use, and is encased in silicon carbide, a material considered resistant to high heat, greatly reducing the risk of meltdowns.
From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026
However, he added the group found about 100 elm trees in the Quantocks and has planted 430 more disease resistant elms across 38 plots of land.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
RP1 is an oncolytic virus therapy that turbo-charges the immune response in people resistant to other immunotherapies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
At the same time, about one in four urine samples tested in NHS laboratories contains bacteria that are resistant to commonly used antibiotics.
From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026
Most of the ten had TB that was resistant to all five of the first-line antibiotics, just like Father Jack’s.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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