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chemical

[kem-i-kuhl] / ˈkɛm ɪ kəl /
ADJECTIVE
concerned with atom and molecule change
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Observations from Keck Observatory, Magellan Observatory, and the Very Large Telescope showed no recognizable chemical signatures during the first month after the explosion.

From Science Daily Aug. 16, 2026

"When I found out about the Monsanto chemical dumping at Stoney Hill, I next identified Sutton Walls in Herefordshire, then Cefn Mawr in north Wales," he said.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

Alex Grant, a chemical engineer from Toronto, started a magnesium-smelting company in 2022 and named it Magrathea after a planet in Douglas Adams’s “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” whose inhabitants build other planets.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

The process of hydraulic fracturing ekes out oil from older wells, and involves cracking the bedrock several thousand feet below the seafloor by injecting chemical fluids with intense pressure.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty unleashed a volley of experiments, testing the transforming principle using UV light, chemical analysis, electrophoresis.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

He recently brokered a deal for a maker of water treatment chemicals in Pittsburg, Calif., to sell hydrogen, one of its byproducts, to transit agencies.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

Instead of changing a material by adding chemicals or combining it with something else, scientists may be able to tune its electrical properties simply by changing its shape.

From Science Daily Aug. 17, 2026

Meanwhile, there was a larger trade surplus in chemicals and in machinery and vehicles, the data showed.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Some of the rest will be used to meet rising demand from housebuilding and data centres and to address pollutants known as "forever chemicals".

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

He transferred prints from a tray of chemicals to the water bath in the last container and gently swished them with a pair of tongs.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen




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