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By eliminating possibilities, physicists can improve their theories, develop new models and design better experiments and detectors.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
The rebranding is "misleading", as super intelligence typically refers to a system that has the ability to improve by itself, said digital ethics lecturer Simon Coghlan from The University of Melbourne.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
“Does it improve the likelihood, vastly, significantly, that that outcome will occur? It does.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
However, Post is optimistic that Meta’s upcoming Watermelon launch could bring frontier-level capabilities and potential to improve Meta’s core advertising business as well as revenue from hosting models.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
The foundation had an endowment of roughly $22 billion, which generated about $1.1 billion in annual income to spend on various projects, about half of it to improve global health.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
"As sensitivity improves, the boundary between theory and measurement continues to move, opening new possibilities for discovering the fundamental principles that govern our universe."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026
Some of the latest aircraft feature cockpit windows that are also curved, to make the plane more streamlined, which improves fuel efficiency.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Farmer Jason Berg recently bought a Deere crop sprayer, but said he put off getting the smart-technology gear until his farm business improves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
The new map -- known as the Equal Earth cartographic projection -- improves "the accuracy of the cartographic representation of the world," the resolution said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
Once they are back in Paris, his health improves a bit.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
The physical design had improved, but the robot's controller remained a major limitation.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
Sri Lanka, much improved in the field but far too timid with the bat, were bowled out for 176.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
New blood vessels formed in the damaged brain tissue, inflammatory processes became less intense, and the integrity of the blood-brain barrier improved.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
Corporate earnings can continue to grow even if not at the rapid pace they have improved this year, a leading Wall Street firm says.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
His situation wasn’t improved when the authorities at the seminary decided to put him on a three-quarter salary until he proved his worth.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
At the time, the activist was pushing Six Flags to make a range of changes including improving its marketing and the experience at its parks and modernizing its technology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
"The company still has an opportunity to demonstrate accountability by strengthening safeguards, improving transparency and taking concrete action to help prevent similar tragedies in the future."
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
IHH’s earnings momentum is improving across Singapore, Malaysia and India.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
The researchers now want to investigate ways to confine the molten salts, potentially using halogens or carbon-based materials, which could make the salts easier to separate and process while improving their stability.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026
After that he could organize lessons under the courtyard’s scabby mango, teaching literacy to any guard or fellow prisoner who felt like improving himself on a given day.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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