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nucleus

[noo-klee-uhs, nyoo-] / ˈnu kli əs, ˈnju- /


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The new measurements provide strong evidence that magnetic transitions within the nucleus are responsible for the enhancement.

From Science Daily Jul. 31, 2026

The second discovery involved paraspeckles, small droplet-like compartments located inside the cell nucleus.

From Science Daily Jul. 21, 2026

Their work expanded on Niels Bohr's early atomic model, which pictured electrons orbiting the nucleus much like planets orbit the sun.

From Science Daily Jul. 5, 2026

According to the study, the buildup of toxic proteins destabilizes the outer membrane of the nucleus, causing it to shrink and eventually disintegrate.

From Science Daily Jul. 5, 2026

At the center of each of those atoms lies the nucleus, a mash-up of even smaller particles called protons and neutrons.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

"We look forward to applying this separated-isomers technique to more nuclei," Liddick said.

From Science Daily Jul. 31, 2026

Explaining LEE is important for understanding the internal structure of nuclei, but its significance extends far beyond nuclear physics.

From Science Daily Jul. 31, 2026

Across many different nuclei, the combined effects of LEE can substantially change calculated reaction rates.

From Science Daily Jul. 31, 2026

Fusion requires heating and compressing nuclear fuel to make superheated plasma in which atomic nuclei combine, releasing energy.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

According to conventional nuclear physics, this was extraordinary, even bizarre: nuclei of different weights would be expected to emit disintegration products of widely variable energies, with the heavy elements producing the more energetic recoils.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

"So far I have done nothing but nucleuses," said Olive, as they sat down.

From The Captain's Toll-Gate by Stockton, Frank Richard

She saw him start a dozen nucleuses of fires; saw them advance till they halted at the edge of the burned ground, beyond the wagon, so that it stood safe in a vast black island.

From The Covered Wagon by Hough, Emerson

"Gee whiz, nucleuses aren't so easy to be, that's one thing," Pee-wee muttered to himself as he bent his aimless way in the direction of Barrel Alley.

From Pee-Wee Harris Adrift by Fitzhugh, Percy Keese

Hall, Price, and Kelsey headed in with straggling wagons to form the nucleuses of their columns; but the morning wore on and the Missourians, now under Woodhull, had not yet broken park.

From The Covered Wagon by Hough, Emerson

Many words ending in us that formerly were written with only the Latin plural, are now given an English plural also; as, focuses, foci; cactuses, cacti; sarcophaguses, sarcophagi; convolvuluses, convolvuli ; funguses, fungi; nucleuses, nuclei.

From Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking by Bechtel, John Hendricks




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