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synthesis

[sin-thuh-sis] / ˈsɪn θə sɪs /


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Another name often cited among commentators is Taiwanese-American biochemist Chi-Huey Wong for pioneering synthesis methods for complex carbohydrates and glycoproteins.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

The team compared three chitin synthesis inhibitors: bistrifluron, chlorfluazuron, and noviflumuron.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

For Vitamin B-2, which aids cellular metabolism, he devised a synthesis that improved on European methods while avoiding their patents, cutting the price by more than 99%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

“It’s the most comfortable synthesis of all the things I do.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

“I’m a food synthesis engineer,” said her mother.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

Not only research but also industrial applications in pharmaceutical syntheses and in materials science could all benefit from the results.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 9, 2024

For some papers, the researchers only contacted the corresponding authors of the evidence syntheses.

From Science Magazine ● Jun. 26, 2022

The papers were reviews and syntheses of research by groups of scientists in several countries around the polar region.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 11, 2022

Perbromate salts are difficult to prepare, and the best syntheses currently involve the oxidation of bromates in basic solution with fluorine gas followed by acidification.

From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019

Since Toynbee’s attempt, worldwide syntheses of historical causation have fallen into disfavor among most historians, as posing an apparently intractable problem.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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