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detector

[dih-tek-ter] / dɪˈtɛk tər /


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You don’t need an AI detector to know it’s entirely the work of a human.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

When electrons were fired through two narrow openings, they produced a pattern of alternating light and dark bands on a detector.

From Science Daily • Apr. 28, 2026

"The detector we built is essentially the simplest version of a cavity detector for dark matter," says Salama.

From Science Daily • Apr. 27, 2026

The impulse to dismiss all this as a detector company drumming up business runs into an issue—Pangram actually works way better than you might think.

From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026

Alvarez’s experiment, which involved his spending long hours in the LeConte basement counting clicks on his handmade X-ray detector, set a new standard for rigorous physics at the Rad Lab.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik



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