patterns

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The team's experiments showed that the gold-patterned structures substantially increased the amount of heat moving across the gap, achieving heat transfer rates up to four times greater than comparable systems lacking the engineered patterns.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

The term can include people with roots in dozens of countries from Sri Lanka to China’s border with Russia to Pacific islands, with completely different exposure patterns and cuisines.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

The risks are compounded by the expected arrival of the El Nino weather system, which could bring drought and disrupt rainfall patterns across key farming regions, further tightening global food supplies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

“Disjointed colors, patterns, and logo-heavy designs are diluting brand equity,” he said.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

Those molecules in turn disturb other nearby molecules out of their normal patterns of random motion, so that the disturbance itself becomes a thing that moves through the air — a sound wave.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones