beta
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Another yeast strain can use ethylene glycol derived from PET to produce beta carotene, which the human body can convert into vitamin A.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
Amyloid beta plaques and tau tangles are among the best known biological features of Alzheimer's disease.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
The startup began testing Instinct in private beta in February and quickly generated substantial interest among venture capitalists, who are among its earliest users.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
And for those who don’t trade options, and who have what Emanuel calls “an AI-tilted portfolio”, some stocks with negative beta could be added so that “you and your portfolio will sleep better at night.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
“Yes, beta, we know. We called the front office. They say they will probably let you out soon. They want to make sure that everything is okay before releasing students from school.”
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
Defensive stocks in consumer staples, utilities, and healthcare, with betas larger than -0.1%, tend to gain when the market declines.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
Consider the performance of a hypothetical portfolio that buys the 10% of stocks with the highest betas and sells short the decile of stocks with the lowest betas.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2025
“We’re betas pretending to be alphas,” Denton said.
From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2022
If you’re on the developer betas for macOS or iOS, you can start using passkeys now where available.
From The Verge ● Aug. 5, 2022
Greek letters move across the undersides of his eyelids: isosceles triangles, betas, sine curves.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
