symmetry
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The researchers found a straightforward way to reduce the system's symmetry.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 6, 2026
Because cobalt is ferromagnetic and breaks time-reversal symmetry, the electronic states associated with these nodal lines carry a net spin polarization.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 5, 2026
In the mathematical study of symmetry, or group theory, one such number—important in string theory—is fittingly named “the monster group”: 808,017,424,794,512,875,886,459,904,961,710,757,005,754,368,000,000,000.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
There is a certain symmetry to the moment.
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
Owned by Gladys Phipps and her brother Ogden Mills, operators of the East’s legendary Wheatley Stable, Hard Tack was a copper-colored paragon of symmetry, grace, and blinding speed.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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One world is ending, and a new one is just about to begin; “Amrum” is full of such satisfying symmetries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
"Nobody had studied these two symmetries at the same time," Nitta said.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 7, 2025
Building Ultra-Sensitive Molecular Experiments Peering inside a radium nucleus to test fundamental symmetries is extremely challenging.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2025
As its winking title suggests, director Trương Minh Quý’s “Việt and Nam” is constructed out of neat symmetries and thorny juxtapositions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2025
Here again the English language is mathematically elegant and provides the writer with a neat group of symmetries.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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