elements
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Previous detectors based on the same principle showed promising sensitivity, but they captured only a small portion of incoming radiation because they depended on individual antenna elements.
From Science Daily • May 31, 2026
The Office of Strategic Capital, the Pentagon division that made the deal with Vulcan, aims to address a bipartisan concern: that China’s grip on rare-earth elements and other critical minerals threatens national security.
From Salon • May 31, 2026
Their stories are sometimes convoluted, but at bottom they boil down to the same three elements: salt, wind and water.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
She added: "It is one of those elements of racing but equally when you're faced with something like that it is difficult, so we do not underestimate the impact of that."
From BBC • May 26, 2026
These elements naturally arrange themselves in concentric circles around a common centre: earth surrounded by water, water surrounded by air, and air surrounded by fire.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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