self-regulating

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McPhee marveled: “The industry is self-regulating and pays its own way.”

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

This creates a self-regulating way to remove excess droplets and helps prevent water buildup that could interfere with performance.

From Science Daily • Nov. 15, 2025

In the 1970s, when people became concerned that gene-splicing techniques could lead to the production of super viruses, Baltimore organized a conference at Asilomar near Monterey to design a self-regulating system to monitor those experiments.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2025

"We recycle the fuel through our reactor multiple times, dealing with the waste, and the new reactors cannot melt-down, they are self-cooling and self-regulating."

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2024

The self-regulating machine is not just a crucial step towards a whole series of more advanced technologies.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton