lattice
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"This quantum enhancement of the effective atom size makes collisions on a given lattice site much more likely, increasing the resistivity of the system."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
For liquid water to become ice, its molecules must arrange themselves into an orderly crystal lattice.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 8, 2026
In the team's latest work, the newly identified superconductors, YRu3B2 and LuRu3B2, owe their properties to electrons forming flat bands within a kagome lattice, a geometric arrangement inspired by traditional Japanese basket weaving patterns.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 7, 2026
It was made from two sheets of metal lattice mesh, which HSE inspectors determined was poorly designed.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
Lourdes looks up through the steel lattice of the bridge coated black with exhaust.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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In Australia, First Graphene says it has found a way to slow the spread of fire in plastics by adding graphene – tiny flakes of carbon atoms arranged in honeycomb lattices.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2025
In recent years, physicists have found that the geometric arrangement of atoms in some 2D crystals, like Kagome lattices, can also produce flat bands.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 29, 2024
The group previously used this technique to reveal the 3D structure of DNA lattices with single particle resolution.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 24, 2024
In some arrangements of electron spins, for example in ordinary square, checkerboard-type crystal lattices, an anti-parallel alignment of the spins is also possible: neighbouring spins always point alternately in opposite directions.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 21, 2023
Now the shadows become regular; the lattices generate ordered and readable silhouettes.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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A piped-in soundtrack simulates urban din, and latticed wood alcoves emulate storefronts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 7, 2026
Glasgow's coat of arms includes a tree, a bird, a fish and a bell - but this giant steel latticed structure beside the Clyde has become an unofficial emblem of the city.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026
The so-called Sail, for the soaring latticed roof that divided the sky into a blue grid, was intended to house a World Aquatics Championships.
From New York Times ● Jun. 19, 2023
The Sultana, who is a stout but beautiful young woman, sat upon silk cushions striped with silver, near a latticed window overlooking the sea.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
The bridge itself was a latticed arc of timber, like an old-fashioned roller coaster, about fifty meters long.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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Its narrator is an Ohio housewife who reflects on her past, her family and her country while latticing cherry pies.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2019
We got a sense that this episode would be awkward, but the thread latticing the episode turned out to be much darker.
From Time ● Apr. 9, 2012
The latticing might be very much stronger than necessary, but it would not add anything to the strength of the column to resist compression.
From Some Mooted Questions in Reinforced Concrete Design American Society of Civil Engineers, Transactions, Paper No. 1169, Volume LXX, Dec. 1910 by Edward Godfrey
It was erected Mexican fashion, the roof supported on stout poles, and then mudded walls were built up on arrowweed latticing.
From Mormon Settlement in Arizona A Record of Peaceful Conquest of the Desert by James H. McClintock
They may see the scaffolding of the great shipyards latticing themselves against the sky, and the granite quarries against the hills.
From The Old Coast Road From Boston to Plymouth by Agnes Rothery
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