particle
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Scientific observations show the haze contains levels of toxic small particle pollution far exceeding the World Health Organization's recommended safe limit.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
To search for dark matter, LZ uses extremely sensitive light detectors to capture particle interactions.
From BBC ● 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
“Well, I know a quark is a subatomic particle, but if you ask me, it also sounds like the noise a subatomic duck might make.”
From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein
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
In some fusion systems, particles hotter than the core of the sun can become unstable within just a few thousandths of a second.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
I use my laboratory instruments to scan the air to analyze its particles.
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
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Quantum of Vocabulary: the Parlance of Particle Physics
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"Nature" by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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