Another discovery may solve the mystery of what has been called a "broken link" in the poorly understood evolutionary chain prior to the Cambrian Explosion.
Demand grew to where his company's capacity to produce became a problem, but the discovery of petroleum, from which kerosene could be more easily produced, solved the supply problem.
But that discovery didn't solve the problem of how they were going to transport it.
Ramsbotham's discoveries eliminated the basic cause of war and solved the problem of what to do with all those dimpled babies.
The discovery may solve another mystery: From the mid-1970's, the United States and other countries cut off weapons sales to the Pinochet dictatorship, which nonetheless managed to stay well armed.
The discovery of catalytic RNA may solve this chicken-and-egg problem.
He believed that the discovery of objective socio-economic laws could solve the problems of society.
Such a discovery might solve so many riddles of the Titanic tragedy, answer so many questions.
It cannot be claimed that a miraculous technical discovery or a fiscal measure will solve the problem.
The discovery solved a mystery that had confounded the police and led to a frantic search that saw much of Manhattan plastered with fliers asking if anyone had seen the missing student.