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laboratory

[lab-ruh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, lab-er-uh-, luh-bor-uh-tuh-ree, -uh-tree] / ˈlæb rəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i, ˈlæb ər ə-, ləˈbɒr ə tə ri, -ə tri /
NOUN
testing room
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Using a laboratory system containing human intestinal tissue, they tested both sucralose and sucralose-6-acetate.

From Science Daily Sep. 14, 2026

Officials have not yet ascertained the full geographical extent of the latest outbreak, with surveillance and laboratory investigations ongoing.

From BBC Sep. 14, 2026

The research team, led by the laboratory of senior and co-corresponding author João Passos, PhD, a professor of Physiology at Mayo Clinic, set out to identify the molecular processes that drive SASP.

From Science Daily Sep. 14, 2026

The FDA had to conduct epidemiological interviews, laboratory testing and traceback through a sprawling produce supply chain; Taco Bell could act on suspicion and pull an ingredient.

From Salon Sep. 13, 2026

The Americas were a great laboratory of evolutionary experimentation, a place where animals and plants unknown in Africa and Asia had evolved and thrived.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

It could also make GRCop-42 available to universities, smaller laboratories, and companies that do not have access to specialized high-power printing systems.

From Science Daily Aug. 27, 2026

The challenge is that magnetic fields strong enough to make the effect detectable are far beyond anything scientists can generate in laboratories on Earth.

From Science Daily Aug. 27, 2026

Test results can take anywhere from several weeks to a few months depending on the complexity of the case and the workload of forensic laboratories.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

It publishes quality reports on its website that it says are conducted by third-party laboratories.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

The essential contradiction between the operational methods of research laboratories and industrial factories became excruciatingly clear.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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