diffusion

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For many years, biology textbooks have described protein movement inside cells as a largely random process called diffusion.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

The two themes also dovetail neatly with the AI diffusion into the defense industries.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

The figures are diffusion indexes, meaning that they show the share of companies that reported expansions minus the share that reported contractions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

These vibrations mix electronic states and effectively push the electron across the boundary, creating a directional, ballistic motion instead of slow and random diffusion.

From Science Daily • Mar. 6, 2026

Gaseous diffusion and the centrifuge appeared to be feasible in theory for the large-scale production of U-235, but both were hobbled by unsolved technical problems, and neither had yet produced any U-235 to speak of.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik