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Penn State researchers have proposed that the fury of a lightning bolt can be tamed, shrunk, and triggered on a lab bench inside a piece of acrylic no bigger than a deck of cards.—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 6 Mar. 2026 The remains will be taken to the agency's lab at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for analysis.—CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
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On the institute’s two outdoor patios and throughout its labs and classrooms, kids and parents gathered around interactive stations featuring robotics demonstrations, silk-screen printing, 3D modeling and reptiles.—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025 Snails are often slow to breed in the lab, but golden apple snails are an invasive species and thrive in that environment, per co-author Alice Accorsi, a molecular biologist at the University of California, Davis.—ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lab