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percolation

noun as in seepage

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However, building on their earlier work, the team showed that fluids move through a pipe in a non-equilibrium phase transition, known as directed percolation, at the transition point between laminar and turbulent flow.

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Their research, titled "The role of interfacial donor-acceptor percolation in efficient and stable all-polymer solar cells," paves the way for more sustainable and viable solar energy solutions for daily applications.

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Somewhere in between is a critical value, called the percolation threshold, at which the fluid begins to flow all the way across the network.

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And yet too many of us are obsessed with injustice, seeking its percolation and manifestation at every corner.

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After 40 years of reflection and percolation, some of the answers to those questions are visible on the other side of town, at the sprawling blockbuster show “Melbourne Now,” which opens today at the N.G.V.

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