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experiment

[ik-sper-uh-muhnt, ek-sper-uh-ment] / ɪkˈspɛr ə mənt, ɛkˈspɛr əˌmɛnt /




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Another experiment fits bees into cartridges that are plugged into handheld devices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Barontini's experiment takes that connection further by demonstrating how changes in entropy can provide an operational measure of time inside a controlled quantum system.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

In a typical physics experiment, researchers can expose a detector to a beam containing a known type of particle with a specific energy and direction.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

Having got his chance in this series, initially as number five before the Nic Maddinson experiment was cut short after two Tests, the Middlesbrough-born Renshaw looks like being a fixture for this winter and beyond.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

Isabella watches me like I’m a science experiment, and Julia looks back and forth between me and Tyler like she’s at the movies.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée

According to results reported by CERN, those experiments revealed both collective flow and jet quenching, providing additional indications that quark-gluon plasma can form in relatively small nuclear collisions.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

Earlier experiments also revealed that BFT damages a protein called E-cadherin, which helps hold neighboring cells together and maintain the colon's protective barrier.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

"Synthetic sensors and switches have many possible applications, both in treating disease and in designing experiments to better understand how certain diseases operate."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

"Whenever we tried the experiments we normally use to study retrons, they would fail, so we kept having to think of new ways to figure out how these retrons work."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

The friar apologizes: “In short, his mathematical experiments have distracted him so much from painting that he cannot abide the paintbrush.”

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

We’ve experimented with retirement simulations of our own, but we struggle to get the projected probability of success below 90%, much less find a realistic path toward exhausting our assets over the next 30 years.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

And McDonald’s has experimented with this vision before.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026

The team also experimented with a simpler approach that involved burning birch bark near a solid surface, such as a stone.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

Ms. Browne recounts how Darwin experimented with “cascades of ideas” and “oscillated between recording things he had read or heard and tackling on his own the deepest themes of metaphysics.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

They experimented with resin, heating it by the fire, letting it boil and thicken, until it became an indestructible glue.

From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown

Google has been experimenting with different ad formats within AI surfaces, Flax told MarketWatch, and he believes the company will be able to effectively monetize those conversational queries in the long term.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026

It has begun experimenting with credits on hotel stays, but it should make loyalty a priority, not just a promotion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

Recast Systems in San Francisco is experimenting with a type of protein made from amino acids found in the soil, says CEO Olivia Li.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

As early as the 19th century, vintners began experimenting with dealcoholized wine using a process known as vacuum distillation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

“We blow it up, experimenting with new fuels for our flying saucers. A Tralfamadorian test pilot presses a starter button, and the whole Universe disappears.”

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut


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