substance
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Instead of searching nature for a substance with the needed properties, the LSU team chose to engineer one from the ground up.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
Social media has democratized food storytelling in remarkable ways, but it has also created an endless stream of restaurant rankings, viral menu hacks and “must-try” lists that reward speed over substance.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
A Michigan spokesman said the school was focused on implementing recommendations stemming from the investigation and declined to comment on the substance of confidential interviews.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
He declared himself optimistic and said it was "the first time" since talks collapsed in 2017 that "the substance of the Cyprus issue was discussed".
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
They practically beg Roza to perform, and she sets to it, all talk and no substance.
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
Companies can consider their substances “generally recognized as safe” and avoid a regulatory process—a system that opponents call the “GRAS loophole.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Kennedy’s health department is asking food companies for more information about the substances they are putting into the U.S. food supply.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Bacteria found in soil and water are essential parts of natural ecosystems, and some species are capable of processing substances that can be harmful to humans and other organisms.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
The scheme was "not fit for purpose", she said, measuring too few pollutants too infrequently, and missing nitrogen and other substances scientists have long understood to be driving rivers' decline.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Since the Research Corporation already held his patent on the cyclotron, which was the only practical apparatus for manufacturing radioactive substances, “therefore it is not necessary to have a patent on the substances themselves.”
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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