particle

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Researchers did not detect certain common plastics, such as polyethylene or polypropylene, in the smallest particle range.

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

TAE creates something like a smoke ring of plasma and aims high-powered neutral particle beams at it to heat and stabilize it, spinning the plasma, like keeping a toy top in motion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

Several of the chapters, about particle accelerators and fusion reactors, take readers on cursory tours of facilities that have at best a tangential connection to space.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

The new measurement from LHCb places the particle at a mass that does not match the earlier claim but does agree with theoretical expectations based on its partner particle.

From Science Daily • Mar. 19, 2026

“Now, Laurie, don’t be too fastidious and worldly-minded. If they love one another it doesn’t matter a particle how old they are nor how poor. Women never should marry for money...”

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott