salts

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The plants were supplied with a nutrient solution made of ultrapure water, salts, nutrients, and one of the medications for as long as 45 days.

From Science Daily • Mar. 15, 2026

Despite the harsh conditions, the yeast cells remained alive after exposure to shock waves, perchlorate salts, and even both stressors combined.

From Science Daily • Feb. 8, 2026

Meg’s jam refuses to gel, Jo salts instead of sugars the strawberries, ambition and reality collide, humiliation stings but eventually becomes something to laugh about.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

These days, the Federal Aviation Administration requires that U.S. airlines carry smelling salts onboard in case a pilot needs to be awakened after fainting.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2026

What brought me to was not the whiff of smelling salts but a half bucket of cold water thrown in my face.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly