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emission

[ih-mish-uhn] / ɪˈmɪʃ ən /


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The same computing power can generate very different emission levels depending on the source of the electricity used.

From Barron's • Jun. 30, 2026

By tracking changes in its movement and light emission, they were able to determine when the protein attached itself to microtubules.

From Science Daily • Jun. 19, 2026

The incinerator exceeded its emission limits 916 times between 2022 and 2024.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

And last September the head of China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environmentadmitted that “controlling carbon emission intensity is challenging.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

This is different from beta decay, in which a neutron is transformed into a proton by the emission of an electron.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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