catalytic
Britishadjective
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This relic of combustion awakens in the morning with the refinement of a coffee grinder, winding at around 3,000 rpm until the catalytic converter heats up and the revs fall back to idle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Researchers also did not know whether the same catalytic mechanism was responsible for both electricity generation and hydrogen production.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
Other recent work has explored stainless steel based electrodes with protective catalytic layers, including NiFe based coatings and Pt atomic clusters, to improve durability in natural seawater.
From Science Daily ● May 10, 2026
Baldwin Park police have busted a massive catalytic converter theft ring after a nine-month investigation, authorities said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026
Between 1905 and 1925, the Fly Room at Columbia was the epicenter of genetics, a catalytic chamber for the new science.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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