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Scientists then examined those fragments with a time-of-flight mass spectrometer, an instrument that identifies ions by measuring how quickly they reach a detector.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026

In other words, the detector may be able to select the desired events while rejecting many unrelated signals.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026

Two years earlier, the FAA had begun to require that all carry-on luggage be X-rayed for weapons and passengers be scanned by a metal detector.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

There is one metal detector for everyone and one bag screener for carry-on items.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026

The extra noise was the same whichever direction the detector was pointed, so it must come from outside the atmosphere.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

More sensitive detectors will capture additional black hole and neutron star mergers, producing increasingly precise measurements and offering fresh insights into some of the Universe's most extreme objects.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 2, 2026

Once operational, between 140 and 200 collisions will occur each time two packets of particles meet inside detectors in the tunnel, up from 60 currently.

From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026

Nervous students were met with biometric identification checks, metal detectors, armoured patrols and frisking at exam centres on Sunday morning.

From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026

At Hockney’s 70th-birthday party at Tate Britain in London, Sykes’s biography recounts, the museum’s smoke detectors were turned off for 10 minutes after dinner so the guest of honor could have a cigarette.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

We were told to get out of the bus so that guards could search it, and then we were all scanned with metal detectors.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover