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They are also investigating more sophisticated ways to arrange atoms within the system and exploring the full range of quantum states that their method may be capable of producing.

From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2026

Stockholm has requested that the ships be capable of carrying several Swedish-developed weapons systems on board, including those from domestic arms maker Saab and the Swedish unit of BAE Systems.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

As Tedros explained, the Andes virus is the only hantavirus species known to be capable of “limited transmission between humans.”

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

Although the vehicles may be capable of driving themselves, they can’t clean their own interiors, plug in a charging cable or repair hardware.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

Thus the category ‘discovery’ proved to be capable of disseminating across the various local cultures of Renaissance Europe, but it did not fare well elsewhere.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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