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nucleus

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


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This capability enabled the team not only to identify gases surrounding the comet's nucleus, but also to map how those gases were distributed around the object.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026

The roughly 40% of the Las Vegas Strip that MGM owns is “an entertainment nucleus that simply cannot be replicated anywhere in the world.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

"The investigations are linked to the nucleus of power which has governed for the past eight years."

From BBC • May 30, 2026

The research showed that for every type of nucleus studied, the number of particles begins dropping much faster after reaching a certain threshold.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2026

Ernest Rutherford depicted the atom as a miniature solar system, with negatively charged electrons surrounding a tiny yet massive nucleus consisting of positively charged protons and negatively charged electrons.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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