organism
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My understanding is that this is because of the lifespan of the organism: It takes a while to develop into something infectious.
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026
"Our findings show that, across different organism groups, extinctions happened at much higher rates for those more vulnerable to increases in water temperature and decreases in oxygen availability."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
At field stations and in Stanford laboratories, the scientists measured how much oxygen each organism consumed under different water temperatures.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
The organism that is a firm has collections of workers who have process knowledge that is held collectively across the whole workforce and its supply chain.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
How did that code become transcribed and translated into actual form and function of an organism?
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
One is synthesis: Whole genomes can already be built to order for simpler organisms, leaving mostly a manufacturing challenge of scale and cost.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
When that proved too difficult, he switched to experimenting with single-celled organisms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
When organisms died, their remains sank and decomposed, consuming oxygen in the surrounding water.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026
At the center of the study is phosphorus, especially phosphate, a nutrient that marine organisms need to grow.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026
Ever since 1492, the hemispheres have become more and more alike, as people mix the world’s organisms into a global stew.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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