scintillation
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Rather than analyzing words, however, this Transformer examines patterns among the scintillation photons recorded by the detector.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
Over time, they detected slow but pronounced changes in this twinkling behavior, known as scintillation.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 6, 2026
They found that the strength of scintillation varied noticeably over periods lasting from days to several months.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 6, 2026
With each technological shift, the scintillation of new possibilities meets the tug of obsolescence.
From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2024
The experimenter folded himself into that cramped space and fixed his eye on a scintillation screen capturing flashes from a bombarded lithium target.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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