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Using neutron experiments, the researchers uncovered how a simple mechanical squeeze can change the way these materials behave, offering a potential new approach to controlling magnetism.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026
Matt Prosz, who hosts and manages other Airbnb properties full-time, believes the update will improve the guest experience without changing how most people behave.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
Eventually I figured out how to make them work, but it took research to learn the way other humans behave and think.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
“What identifies an individual as a king is how other people behave towards him,” says a quote attributed to the actor.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026
I told him that if he’d behave himself and not make any fuss I’d bring him a piece of candy.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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At the heart of the discovery is a basic principle of materials science: The way a material's smallest components are arranged determines how that material behaves.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026
Although spin is not literally an electron rotating like a tiny ball, it behaves in certain ways as though the electron has its own angular momentum.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026
The problem with endometriosis tissue is that it behaves exactly like the womb lining but it is trapped in the wrong place.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
A coyote that fails to exhibit fear toward humans or behaves aggressively should be reported to wildlife officials, authorities say.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
Language, once it comes alive, behaves like an active, motile organism.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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"Though the chatbots often made mistakes, they also behaved as sympathetic listeners to skeptical users -- while still refusing to endorse conspiracy theories," the center said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026
It is unclear yet from official data, which have a lag, how investors outside France have behaved during the recent volatility.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
In a statement to ITV, Reform said there is "no room for racism" in the party, and added that it has opened investigations where activists or members had "clearly behaved inappropriately".
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
If researchers had assumed that the CGM behaved the same way in every direction, this effect could easily have remained hidden.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
I was always quiet and I behaved, so the teachers left me alone.
From "Because of Mr. Terupt" by Rob Buyea
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A passenger texted the British Transport Police reporting a male behaving erratically the night before, Cambridge Crown Court heard.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
Some companies have banned agents from accessing their platforms and behaving in this way.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026
Rather than behaving unpredictably, these delayed eruptions may be governed by a common physical threshold.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
Highlighting worries about the technology, Smith pointed to a recent Anthropic report suggesting small AI models may be only months away from behaving like computer worms, copying themselves from one internet-connected device to the next.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
If anyone were ever to witness the moths behaving in such a coordinated way, they would have to grow suspicious that these were no natural creatures.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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