detector
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Filip lives in Bergeijk in the south of the Netherlands, just a few miles from the Belgian border and has been a metal detector enthusiast for more than 35 years.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
A group of undergraduate students from the University of Hamburg designed and built a cavity detector to search for axions, which are among the leading candidates for dark matter.
From Science Daily • Apr. 27, 2026
In each case, their writing would sail through a detector.
From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026
ZeroGPT, another popular detector, flags 96.4% of the Gettysburg Address as AI-written.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
Then came what he called the moment of truth: they brought the sample to the thirty-seven-inch cyclotron, placed it in a neutron beam, and waited for their detector to announce the kicks that indicated fission.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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