detector

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In his letter to Weber, Curtis promised to take a lie detector test after each election.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Manguillier found his niche in the island economy in 1993 when a French friend brought him a Fisher metal detector, which operates both on land and in the water.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

With his invasive species detector duties done, it is time for a new role for Woody.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

It is also "the first new particle identified after the upgrades to the LHCb detector that were completed in 2023," he said in a statement.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

In 1965 two American physicists at the Bell Telephone Laboratories in New Jersey, Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson, were testing a very sensitive microwave detector.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking