detecting

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But as it turns out, the drone thermometers were detecting the temperatures only on the outside of the problem tank, not its inside.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

Researchers in Finland have achieved a major advance in ultra-sensitive measurement technology by detecting an amount of energy smaller than one zeptojoule, less than a trillionth of a billionth of a joule.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

As reported in a 2020 study in Emerging Microbes and Infections, delays in detecting Ebola are associated with longer and larger outbreaks.

From Salon • May 20, 2026

The WHO has highlighted the complexity of detecting and responding to the outbreak, which has been spreading in hard-to-reach areas of the DRC's conflict-torn Ituri province.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

“Because you police departments can’t do an adequate job in the simple matter of detecting the minuscule number of Nexus-6s who balk—”

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick