diffusion

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These flows move actin and other proteins toward the front of the cell much faster than diffusion alone.

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 second set focused on chest X-rays, with half real and half created using RoentGen, an open-source generative AI diffusion model developed by Stanford Medicine researchers.

From Science Daily • 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

The preceding paragraph gave examples of blueprint copying, whereas the transfer of Chinese porcelain technology to Europe provides an instance of long-drawn-out idea diffusion.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond