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particle

[pahr-ti-kuhl] / ˈpɑr tɪ kəl /


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The Belgian particle physicist helped build an observatory deep in the Antarctic ice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Belgian particle physicist Francis Halzen was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his contributions to astronomy and his work on the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

"If nature developed a GPS, a particle that can be relied upon to navigate thousands of kilometers across the ocean, then it would be something like this," he said.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

Those interactions allowed the team to control the system's energy in a way that reproduced the stretching and eventual breaking of a particle like string.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

“Step two,” said Twycross, “focus your determination to occupy the visualized space! Let your yearning to enter it flood from your mind to every particle of your body!”

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

They modeled particles originating from the brown dwarf and calculated how those particles would move under the gravitational influence of both objects.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026

When these charged particles collide with oxygen and nitrogen, photons of coloured light are emitted - this is the aurora.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

“The detainees tell me that they feel someone is always getting cold or sick because of the particles coming from the ducts,” Wasko wrote in her report.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

One of the particles carries the CRISPR-Cas9 tools needed to cut and alter DNA.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

Pita had leaf particles clinging to her bangs.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall




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