detector
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Measuring signals this tiny is far more difficult than simply sending a beam into a detector and reading a result.
From Science Daily • May 21, 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
Independent benchmarks confirm that Pangram outperforms every other detector tested and is robust against “humanizers,” or software designed to smuggle A.I. text past detectors.
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
“That’s where the detector is, behind all that wiring. To see the Shadows, you have to be linked up to some electrodes. Like for measuring brain waves.”
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
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