catalytic
Britishadjective
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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
Arie Haagen-Smit, the Caltech smog prof, imagined in the 1950s that clean-running cars were imminent, “exhaust devices, catalytic devices … and maybe we start putting them in the cars in 1962 and maybe 1965.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
"With the ability to create aviation hubs, there was a major move in that diversification, because of the catalytic effect of aviation."
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026
These pores can host positively charged metal ions, which can significantly enhance catalytic performance.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 16, 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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