scientific

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.