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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

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

Consequently, the Artemis I detectors recorded radiation doses that were distributed almost uniformly throughout the mannequins, unlike the uneven patterns observed in the earlier space station experiment.

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

Janie, Mikayla’s best friend, raised her hand and explained that she, too, believed in animal rights and must be removed from the experiment.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller

The mouse experiments demonstrated protection against tissue damage, but they did not establish that the strategy prevents colorectal cancer.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

Instead of relying entirely on animal experiments, they grew miniature versions of human retinal tissue called organoids.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

Despite their unusual behavior, experiments showed that bacteria carrying type VI retrons could still defend themselves against phage infections.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

The alternative approach finally revealed a trace amount of single-stranded DNA that earlier experiments had missed.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

Mr. Neely was the only teacher to assign something over winter break, and his “homework” was simply to keep thinking about our scientific process experiments.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller

While other parts of Europe have experimented with a blackout, it is now only present in the UK between 2:45pm and 5:15pm on a Saturday.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

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

She hauled the poles up into the lucky-beans with Crocodile Guts’s rope, and experimented with various configurations until she had a floor that was more or less level.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

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

Nvidia, Ubisoft and other huge tech companies are already experimenting with generative AI systems that allow players to hold more natural conversations with NPCs.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Together, these discoveries reveal that long before modern mammals became dominant, their ancient relatives were already experimenting with an impressive range of ways to survive.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

Sodipo said that earlier this year she encouraged her staff, which was experimenting with AI, to focus on bigger projects.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Then Bruno Rossi put him to work experimenting with components of the new plutonium bomb.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin


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