delta
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When used together, the drugs substantially increased the ability of gamma delta T cells to kill cancer cells in laboratory experiments.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
After seven days of using the Hinoki oil, participants showed increased delta wave activity around the time they were falling asleep.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
Norris does not use a display on his dashboard showing his progress compared with his previous lap, the so-called delta, as most other drivers do.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Never mind that the peninsula is currently an ecologically protected area known as the Vjosa Narta, including a river delta and lagoon that is home to hundreds of species of birds, including flamingos.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
Between the islands ran branches of the Ota River as it fanned out into a delta near the sea.
From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin
The world-renowned site features iron carbonate concretions that formed some 309 million years ago, fossilizing within them ancient creatures that had once thrived in the area's lush swamps, shallow seas and river deltas.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
That means they are also imperiling some of the world’s most important food-producing lowlands in the Nile and Mekong deltas and cities from Shanghai to New York.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2025
Due to the climate crisis, urban river deltas are facing hazards such as rising sea levels, extreme weather events, and soil subsidence.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 21, 2024
Netherlands can serve as a role model for deltas worldwide, according to the authors.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 21, 2024
In his badly penned sigmas and deltas she spied the shaking hand of her son’s growing anxiety.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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