The phrase "a mainstream tool for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a widely accepted or commonly used tool in a specific context or field.
Example: "Microsoft Excel is considered a mainstream tool for data analysis in many businesses."
Alternatives: "a widely used tool for" or "a popular tool for".
The following science pages will show how X-rays have become a mainstream tool for examining the structure and function of our material world, with an eye towards designing new materials, solving technological problems, and even curing diseases.
Twitter is on its way to becoming a mainstream tool for multiple generations — in fact, a survey by comScore found that 45-54 year olds are the top demographic group for using Twitter.
The following science pages will show how X-rays have become a mainstream tool for examining the structure and function of our material world, both living and not, with an eye towards designing new materials, solving technological problems, and even curing diseases.
The central issue here is that prior to the Internet becoming a mainstream tool for investing, a pension management company designated by the employer looked after retirement savings for the employee/investor.
Thus, blood transcript profiling is developing into a mainstream tool for the assessment of the status of the human immune system.
Although the study did not explore the reasons for their reluctance, the researchers say that the finding somewhat surprised them and clearly begs further research before adopting e-mail as a mainstream tool of doctor-patient communication.
RSS may not be a mainstream tool, but for those of us who use it, its loss would be a major blow.
PES is an increasingly mainstream tool for influencing land-use decisions on private land and Costa Rica's experience provides critical insight.
Since its major launch into academia in the mid‐1990s, spotted DNA microarray technology has expanded and matured into an important mainstream tool for genomic‐scale gene expression studies across many species with many applications.
THE new legislation opens the way for prizes to become a mainstream tool in the government's efforts to encourage innovation.
For this reason, an efficient selective collection has become a mainstream tool in the Brazilian National Solid Waste Policy.
