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

Although room-temperature superconductivity at ambient pressure remains out of reach, researchers say the new record is an important advance toward that goal.

From Science Daily • May 27, 2026

Researchers adapted a technique widely used to study heat and human health to establish the first "statistically validated association between ambient temperature and koala mortality", the study said.

From Barron's • May 26, 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

Janice simply ignored them, directing us instead, figuring in her head the positions of the preachers, the crowd, Kwang, paletting their various skin tones into an ambient mix for the media.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee