disk

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Modern vinyl records are crafted with PVC resin, which makes up more than 75% of an average disk The synthetic polymer itself is made of chlorine and fossil fuel-derived feed stock.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

It manufactures neodymium magnets by pouring liquid alloy onto a rotating, cooled disk, then rapidly quenching and pulverizing it to freeze the delicate crystalline structure at a microscopic scale before it can grow.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Having risked his neck twice, and now struggling with a slipped disk, Alsop has vowed not to race again - but he is certain more YouTubers will be gracing Cooper's Hill again this Monday.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured the most detailed visible light images ever taken of the largest known protoplanetary disk surrounding a young star.

From Science Daily • May 12, 2026

When Cicero writes of the orbis he sometimes means the habitable dry land, a disk rising above the waves, and sometimes the whole globe of land and ocean.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton