substance
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Although niacin is a vitamin, the researchers emphasize that high doses should not be viewed as harmless simply because the substance is widely available.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026
His summit with Xi had scant substance but made both leaders look larger than life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
The EA first dismissed the substance as surface run-off but, after Irvine continued sending photos, including of dead wildlife, the investigation reopened in May this year.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Yet the summit’s stark lack of substance surprised even the closest China watchers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
As one researcher would later describe it, Avery had discovered “the material substance of the gene”—the “cloth from which genes were cut.”
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
We also get pork chops that were genetically modified to remove the alpha-gal molecule, the byproduct of efforts to produce safe pig-based substances for pharmaceuticals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
They include gas leaks, spraying substances to cover the smell of fumes and failing to properly maintain idle wells, among others.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
Phenolics are produced naturally by plants and include substances involved in pigmentation, defense, and protection from environmental stress.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
"The risk is we become fixed on chasing individual substances in an unregulated market and we lose sight of the individual circumstances that are related to that," she said.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
This quality is possessed by some chemicals of the chlorinated hydrocarbon group and by others of the organophosphorus group, all synthetically produced, as well as by certain naturally occurring substances.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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