measurement
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"The team's amazingly precise measurement again validates kinetic impact as a technique for defending Earth against asteroid hazards and shows how a binary asteroid might be deflected by impacting just one member of the pair."
From Barron's
As I mentioned in another recent post, measurements of the job market have been all over the place.
From MarketWatch
They used measurements of the cosmic microwave background to estimate how matter was distributed shortly after the Big Bang.
From Science Daily
Eckdahl and his colleagues combined detailed national forest records with direct field measurements to reconstruct the amount of carbon released by each fire.
From Science Daily
NOvA's longer distance through Earth and T2K's shorter but more intense beam provide complementary strengths, allowing scientists to compare and refine their measurements with exceptional precision.
From Science Daily
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