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In the laboratory study, researchers dissolved the chemical in acetone and applied it to pieces of wood.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
On Aug. 26, the alert mechanism failed again and the dam was dashed to pieces.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
When researchers recently returned to pieces of rock that had not yet been fully prepared, they found four fossil bones still embedded in the surrounding material.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026
But the house where he lived with his siblings and nephews was reduced to pieces by the quake.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
The wind pummeled the balloon as if it were an inverted punching bag, then tore it to pieces and cast shreds of its nine thousand yards of silk as far as half a mile away.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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