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experiment

[ik-sper-uh-muhnt, ek-sper-uh-ment] / ɪkˈspɛr ə mənt, ɛkˈspɛr əˌmɛnt /




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Another experiment fits bees into cartridges that are plugged into handheld devices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Barontini's experiment offers a way to investigate some of these ideas using physical systems that scientists can create, manipulate, and observe.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

The Artemis I measurements also allowed researchers to compare radiation exposure near the Moon with findings from an earlier experiment aboard the International Space Station.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

Having got his chance in this series, initially as number five before the Nic Maddinson experiment was cut short after two Tests, the Middlesbrough-born Renshaw looks like being a fixture for this winter and beyond.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

It was a cumbersome way of doing business, but it got the job done and went far beyond what Archimedes needed to solve his thought experiment.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

Their experiments pointed to a disruption in autophagy, a natural cellular maintenance process that helps remove damaged proteins and other unwanted material.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

Using experiments involving mice and human cells, the researchers discovered a previously unrecognized process that interferes with the liver's ability to clear cholesterol.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

"Whenever we tried the experiments we normally use to study retrons, they would fail, so we kept having to think of new ways to figure out how these retrons work."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

"Synthetic sensors and switches have many possible applications, both in treating disease and in designing experiments to better understand how certain diseases operate."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

The friar apologizes: “In short, his mathematical experiments have distracted him so much from painting that he cannot abide the paintbrush.”

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

We’ve experimented with retirement simulations of our own, but we struggle to get the projected probability of success below 90%, much less find a realistic path toward exhausting our assets over the next 30 years.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

When he was 16, he took a gap year before college to work at a videogame production company and experimented with primitive forms of AI.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

And McDonald’s has experimented with this vision before.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026

The team also experimented with a simpler approach that involved burning birch bark near a solid surface, such as a stone.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

James experimented with toasting the bread on a stick.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt

Google has been experimenting with different ad formats within AI surfaces, Flax told MarketWatch, and he believes the company will be able to effectively monetize those conversational queries in the long term.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026

Nvidia, Ubisoft and other huge tech companies are already experimenting with generative AI systems that allow players to hold more natural conversations with NPCs.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Together, these discoveries reveal that long before modern mammals became dominant, their ancient relatives were already experimenting with an impressive range of ways to survive.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

He picked up his father’s old guitar and began learning to play, experimenting with the strings and teaching himself along the way.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

"I was experimenting on chemical fertilizers," Theo replied, wincing as the doctor probed his shoulder for a glass shard.

From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin


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