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crystal

[kris-tl] / ˈkrɪs tl /


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A DeepMind model came up with what the firm claimed were more than two million new crystal structures, announced as "nearly 800 years worth of knowledge" released in one go.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

But it’s the romantic material that really motivates this 32-year-old, who records in a booth in her bedroom next to an altar with a crystal ball and charms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Instead of finding a uniform crystal, they discovered a patchwork of regions containing two slightly different atomic arrangements.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026

Despite spending four decades in the environment, the nuclear fuel inside the six examined particles had retained much of its original crystal structure.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

Nathan sat on the flat surface of a chair-sized crystal and massaged his legs.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

Using experimental detectors made from lithium fluoride crystals aboard the Orion spacecraft, researchers have obtained preliminary measurements that reveal unexpected differences in radiation exposure between the two environments.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

Anthony Cheetham and Ram Seshadri went through a random sample of the supposed new crystals.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

The researchers have now described a new method for analyzing the information stored in these crystals, offering insights into both cosmic radiation levels and the performance of the detectors.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

The fluorescent lithium fluoride detectors aboard Artemis I were manufactured using the Czochralski method, a technique for growing crystals.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

So she had bought the crystals for ten cents.

From "Hello, Universe" by Erin Entrada Kelly

A shining god raised me, and bade my fears Be flown, and I beheld the glorious throne Of crystaled light; with rays by man unknown.

From Babylonian and Assyrian Literature by Anonymous

“The house was crystalled out,” she told Vogue, but she didn’t want visitors to think she was a “crystal person”.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 16, 2019

She imagined that across these richly carved entrance-ways, where the globed and crystalled lamps shone upon panelled doors set with stained and designed panes of glass, was neither care nor unsatisfied desire.

From Sister Carrie: a Novel by Theodore Dreiser

The frozen moisture of its breathing had settled on its fur in a fine powder of frost, and especially were its jowls, muzzle, and eyelashes whitened by its crystalled breath. 

From Lost Face by Jack London

Then two drops of crystalled dew From the hyacinth’s deep hue, Brought she for thine eyes of blue; And lest they should miss the sun, Bade thy soul to shine thereon.

From Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, March 1844 Volume 23, Number 3 by Lewis Gaylord Clark

Now I ascended, or again descended the dropping and crystalled rocks; now crept into openings, which suddenly terminated, and turning again, anxiously listened to the sound of the rippling water as my only guide.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 by Various


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