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New ultrafast DNA-sequencing technologies allow scientists to study the genetic makeup of entire microbial communities, each of which may contain hundreds or thousands of different species.
The number of mitochondria per cell varies widely; for example, in humans, erythrocytes (red blood cells) do not contain any mitochondria, whereas liver cells and muscle cells may contain hundreds or even thousands.
Commercial perfumes may contain hundreds of individual fragrance chemicals.
"An herb medicine may contain hundreds of components," Dr. Zhao said, adding, "To be clear, the anti-Helicobacter-pylori components we identified may only contribute in part to the peptic-ulcer healing effect of Dracaena cochinchinensis".
In 2011, Exxon signed a deal to explore for oil in the Kara Sea, a forbidding Arctic region that may contain hundreds of billions of dollars' worth of oil.
Like a car, the final product (an application) may contain hundreds or thousands of externally sourced components from dozens or hundreds of original suppliers.
A pulse may contain billions or trillions of tiny peaks and troughs.
However, churning through all the images in a knowledge-based system, which may contain thousands of mammograms, is time consuming.
A computing cloud may contain tens of thousands of computers distributed around the Internet running applications on the nearest, least-loaded server or across a fleet of machines.
The discoveries, by astronomers at the University of Edinburgh Royal Observatory in Scotland and the University of Hawaii, show that sections of the deep sky that had appeared empty actually may be crammed with thousands of these bright objects, each of which may contain billions of hot, young stars.
From the forlorn resting place of a handful of victims to a huge sinkhole that may contain thousands of bodies, more than 200 mass graves dot the bleak landscape of northern and western Iraq, a testament to the grisly three-year reign of Islamic State, a United Nations report released Tuesday says.
