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material

[muh-teer-ee-uhl] / məˈtɪər i əl /






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Until now, most MXenes have been produced using chemical etching, a process that leaves a mix of surface atoms such as oxygen, fluorine, or chlorine scattered randomly across the material.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026

The Shakers, with their signature spare style, have had an outsize impact on material culture, considering their numbers—a peak estimated at 6,000 members in the mid-19th century—and segregation from the world.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

With fewer disruptions, electrons can travel more freely across the material.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026

This year's EPs are U2's first collections of newly written material since 2017.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

If Bagdikian could get his hands on the Pentagon Papers, would the Washington Post risk printing this same material?

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin