Used with adjective complement

• comprise: Extracurricular reading comprises scientific, psychological and science fiction articles and documents from books or magazines.

Modifies a noun

• evidence: There was, he said, no scientific evidence of global warming.

• discovery: The ' laws of nature ' we have observed in the past are being questioned in light of new scientific discoveries.

• journal: It ranges from current topics to detailed articles found in scientific journals.

• knowledge: Their inclusion would help pass on the current state of scientific knowledge about global change to the general public.

• research: There is a wealth of scientific research - not least the China Health Study.

• literature: Extract from RSPH website: 'A draft report of the scientific literature on the impacts of water on health ' .

Modifying Another Word

• purely: Were the debate to continue on a purely scientific level, all would be fine.

• mainly: Work with highly qualified and enthusiastic people from a broad, mainly scientific background in an ethical environment and decisions are data driven.

• particularly: Annotation of paper documents is a standard activity in many fields, particularly scientific research.

• little: The effectiveness of these is probably variable, and there is little scientific evidence of their effectiveness.

• enough: There is not enough scientific and medical research to support these claims.

• not: It clearly is not scientific or reasonable to believe in the existence of God.

Preposition: in

• nature: The biggest problem for these agricultural technologies - indeed, virtually all biotechnologies - isn't technical or scientific in nature.