particle

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Saturday because of harmful levels of particle pollution from windblown dust.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

In a report last year, researchers with the Pacific Institute cited estimates that dust from the Salton Sea accounts for less than 1% of small particle pollution in the region.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

They also suggest that this single particle could provide insight into the fundamental structure of the universe.

From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 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

This is the reason for string theory, which was created in the 1970s when physicists began to see the advantages of treating every particle as a vibrating string rather than as a dot.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife