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To verify the findings, the team partnered with scientists in Zurich who had developed mice lacking the PAM gene.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026

Since he was new to politics and had no knowledge of history, he didn’t know how to implement whatever vague policy ideas he had developed back in the 1980s.

From Salon • May 31, 2026

Chinese tech giant Huawei said on Monday it had developed a new way of making semiconductors that could get around its US-enforced lack of access to the most advanced chipmaking equipment.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

“What had developed in me was this muscle of survival and handling grief, and perspective on it,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

Weaver informed Rockefeller Foundation president Raymond B. Fosdick in November that “an unexpected emergency” had developed at the Rad Lab.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik