particle
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Lead researcher physicist Dr Sam Eriksen said it could be "the first step in understanding dark matter as a particle", but further research could also reveal that the particle is not related to dark matter.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility have now identified evidence for two unexpected structures that may help clarify part of this increasingly complicated particle landscape.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 2, 2026
With planets this dim, the telescope may receive only a single particle of light once every minute.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
The Canadian goods facing new 50% U.S. tariffs as of early Saturday include construction materials such as cement, paints, plywood, medium-density fiberboard and particle board.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
The creature’s fingers worked faster than hummingbird wings, pinching and tossing each particle over its left shoulder.
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
Even among those who did, many blamed the epidemic on miasma—conditions attributed to odors, stagnant water or unseen particles in the atmosphere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
“There was a stillness, a deafening silence. It was the sensation of being a kid in a room where there’s only one light source and you can see the floating particles in the air.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
That is more than 100 times the World Health Organization's recommended safe limit for airborne particles so small they can enter deep into the lungs and even the bloodstream, with potentially dire consequences for health.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
Once those jets stop supplying energetic particles to the galaxy's large radio lobes, the particles already inside the lobes gradually lose energy, and the radio emission becomes fainter.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
The swarm of particles makes it difficult to get a measurement of the electron’s mass and charge, because the particles interfere with the measurement, masking the electron’s true properties.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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