embryonic
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Since many ports lack the grid infrastructure to power so many energy-guzzling ships, and emission-capture technology is embryonic, ships may have no choice but to pay the fines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
The findings suggest that this signaling pathway contributes to the development of heart muscle cells and to proper heart formation during the embryonic stage.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
The study, "The embryonic origins of site-specific arthritis," was published in Nature Immunology.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 5, 2026
She sprang from Zeus’ skull fully formed; her embryonic development reduced to a male deity’s headache.
From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2026
By 2006, people in the United States were sending around 12.5 billion texts a month, which sounds like a lot, but the technology really was embryonic.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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