material
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The disk stretches nearly 800 light-years across, and some of the material inside it is moving at speeds of up to 600 kilometers per second.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026
The potential for discoveries in material science, healthcare and beyond are staggering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
This is the area where the black hole's gravity dominates the movement of nearby material.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026
A mantle plume is a column of unusually hot material moving upward through Earth's interior.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026
It was that warmer temperatures all around the world were melting the permafrost in the Arctic, and tiny microbes were feasting on the newly unfrozen plant material in the ground.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
In the letter, county attorneys also requested that the company maintain all records, materials and physical evidence related to the incident because of possible future litigation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
Known as living plastics, these materials contain dormant microbes capable of degrading the surrounding polymer.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
Kalinak defended the outlay, describing the furnishings as being of "mid-range standard" from durable materials and claiming they would last 30 to 50 years.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
One downside: All the demand for chips, memory and materials needed to build data centers for AI is adding upward pressure to inflation.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
I didn’t have the materials for a proper fish trap or net, but with what I’d learned from Togbe and from my fishing work, I was able to create something in between.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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