substances
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Its strength model allows simulated planetary material to resist deformation in ways more consistent with real geologic substances, including the rock and metals that likely made up Theia and the proto-Earth, or solid ice.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
The testing revealed that many homes were contaminated with unsafe levels of lead, asbestos, chromium, and other toxic substances, the county said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
Researchers have become increasingly interested in food-derived bioactive compounds that may influence this pathway, but exactly how these substances affect PPARδ has remained unclear.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 5, 2026
Among the known contaminants dumped at the site is 93,100 tonnes of acid sludge from Burmah Castrol and barrels of unknown substances suspected to be from Monsanto, the report said.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
In adopting the term ‘theory’ the scientists were thus freeing themselves from the philosophers’ preoccupation with truth in so far as it implied knowledge of causes and of what Aristotelian philosophers called substances, or forms.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
