selectivity
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"Our calculations reveal how the decisive selectivity emerges after electron transfer has already occurred," says Paton.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
“That selectivity is prefigured, and preprogrammed, by the history of Christendom.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
This persistent trade-off between catalytic activity and selectivity has limited progress in increasing methanol yields.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 14, 2026
They did find one notable exception: For black, Hispanic and first-generation students from low-income families, selectivity did predict higher earnings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
If this sort of selectivity had been possible for Billy, he might have chosen as his happiest moment his sundrenched snooze in the back of the wagon.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
