droplet
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"Essentially, all of this happens because there is a physical relation between the size of a droplet and the size of ice crystals in the clouds and the frequency spectrum," she pointed out.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
That creates a basic trade-off between nucleation, the initial formation of droplets, and droplet mobility.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
Once a droplet leaves, another can form in the newly exposed space.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
A major challenge is controlling what happens after each droplet lands on a surface.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
In 1986, in an astonishing experiment, Nüsslein-Volhard’s students learned to prick a normal fly embryo with a minuscule needle, withdraw a droplet of liquid from its head, and transplant it into the headless mutants.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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Plague is a bacterial disease that can occur in several forms, including pneumonic plague, the most contagious type, which can spread through respiratory droplets.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
Respiratory droplets carrying the Yersinia bacteria are released through coughing or sneezing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
The collisions briefly create tiny droplets of primordial matter that usually survive for less than a quadrillionth of a second.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
Pneumonic plague is also highly contagious and can spread from person to person via air droplets.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
The droplets glistened black in the moonlight, as if I were charred inside.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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