nucleus
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They have much more complicated cells featuring a nucleus and other specialized structures such as organelles which perform specific jobs.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026
There are no guarantees in golf, but in Woad, Nadaud, Lopez Ramirez and Rhodes Europe appear to have an exciting nucleus for the trophy defence at Valhalla in 2028.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
"In that framework, gluons inside a nucleus partially overlap and obscure each other -- similar to layers of clouds blocking sunlight -- reducing the probability of certain particle production processes," he said.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026
Jenny Lê, the flagship’s head of operations, has become the nucleus of the store, embodying the essence of discipline, intention and collaboration that has been there from the very beginning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Conventional electrodynamic theory demanded that a flying electron should very quickly run out of energy–in only an instant or so–and spiral into the nucleus, with disastrous consequences for both.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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To examine small variations in the distribution of gluons inside nuclei, the researchers used a technique known as incoherent J/ψ photonuclear production.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026
Those particles later became the components of atomic nuclei and, ultimately, the ordinary matter found in stars, planets and ourselves.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
At CERN, atomic nuclei can be accelerated to nearly the speed of light and smashed together.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
The new results show that these movement patterns preserve information about the original shape of the colliding nuclei.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
Very occasionally, a passing neutrino will bang into one of the atomic nuclei in the water and produce a little puff of energy.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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"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 Percy Keese Fitzhugh
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 Emerson Hough
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 John Hendricks Bechtel
"So far I have done nothing but nucleuses," said Olive, as they sat down.
From The Captain's Toll-Gate by Frank Richard Stockton
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 Emerson Hough
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