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By combining different halide salts, researchers created MXenes with two or even three types of surface halogens in carefully controlled proportions.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026

“This route goes between islands that are controlled by Iran.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Previously, the company sold sports agency IMG, hospitality company On Location and Professional Bull Riders to TKO Group Holdings, a different company that is also controlled by Endeavor Group Holdings.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

The Basij is a volunteer militia controlled by the IRGC, with an estimated one million members.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

American military maps showed this region of South Vietnam in different colors: one color for land controlled by the South Vietnamese government, another for territory controlled by the Viet Cong.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin