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crystal

[kris-tl] / ˈkrɪs tl /


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A DeepMind model came up with what the firm claimed were more than two million new crystal structures, announced as "nearly 800 years worth of knowledge" released in one go.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

Scientists can later illuminate the crystal with blue light, causing these altered regions to glow red.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

But it’s the romantic material that really motivates this 32-year-old, who records in a booth in her bedroom next to an altar with a crystal ball and charms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

For four decades, scientists have generally built their theories of cuprate superconductivity around the assumption that these materials have the same crystal structure throughout their interiors.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026

“This is enough for tonight. Come, before they wake up,” it said, and then held the white quartz crystal close to its mouth.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

Anthony Cheetham and Ram Seshadri went through a random sample of the supposed new crystals.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

Using experimental detectors made from lithium fluoride crystals aboard the Orion spacecraft, researchers have obtained preliminary measurements that reveal unexpected differences in radiation exposure between the two environments.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

During the uncrewed Artemis I mission in late November and early December 2022, Orion traveled around the Moon carrying more than 10,000 tiny crystals embedded inside two human-shaped mannequins.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

Future theories will likely need to account for the complex structures inside real crystals rather than treating them as perfectly uniform.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026

Gen was the only one who knew where the crystals were, and it was her greatest secret as far as both of them were concerned.

From "Hello, Universe" by Erin Entrada Kelly

A shining god raised me, and bade my fears Be flown, and I beheld the glorious throne Of crystaled light; with rays by man unknown.

From Babylonian and Assyrian Literature by Anonymous

“The house was crystalled out,” she told Vogue, but she didn’t want visitors to think she was a “crystal person”.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 16, 2019

She imagined that across these richly carved entrance-ways, where the globed and crystalled lamps shone upon paneled doors set with stained and designed panes of glass, was neither care nor unsatisfied desire.

From Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser

Then two drops of crystalled dew From the hyacinth’s deep hue, Brought she for thine eyes of blue; And lest they should miss the sun, Bade thy soul to shine thereon.

From Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, March 1844 Volume 23, Number 3 by Lewis Gaylord Clark

She imagined that across these richly carved entrance-ways, where the globed and crystalled lamps shone upon panelled doors set with stained and designed panes of glass, was neither care nor unsatisfied desire.

From Sister Carrie: a Novel by Theodore Dreiser

The frozen moisture of its breathing had settled on its fur in a fine powder of frost, and especially were its jowls, muzzle, and eyelashes whitened by its crystalled breath. 

From Lost Face by Jack London


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