ambient

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To the good, the car’s touch-screen interface is lag-free and feature-rich, with loads of connectivity, infotainment and vehicle personalization features—what color do you want your ambient cabin lighting, hon?

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

That is now the highest Tc ever reported for a superconductor functioning at ambient pressure since superconductivity was first discovered in 1911.

From Science Daily • May 27, 2026

Two toxic air contaminants present in California’s ambient air, acrolein and ethylene oxide, appear to be much stronger carcinogens than previously known, California environmental health officials announced Thursday.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

"We are working on basically adapting our public realm to do a couple of things to help to reduce ambient temperatures," Kit Larson, chief executive of the organization Houston Downtown+, told AFP.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

You push your cart a few feet, pause significantly with item in hand, frown at the ambient racks, then push on and repeat the process.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich