surroundings

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Researchers can now directly adjust both the direction and speed of a molecule's rotation, making it possible to investigate how molecules interact with their quantum surroundings at different rotational frequencies.

From Science Daily • Jul. 4, 2026

Algae can powerfully impact their surroundings, for good or ill.

From Slate • Jun. 27, 2026

Rendered in ultra-realistic Precisionist style, his steel-and-concrete grain elevator dwarfs its surroundings, while crisscrossing rays of intense sunlight link it to the heavens.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 20, 2026

As Nibedita's camera panned Mahfouz Alam and moved to focus on his surroundings, the readings moved from 40C to 58.5C.

From BBC • Jun. 15, 2026

“I have been in the most malodorous surroundings imaginable and feel the need to be thoroughly scrubbed.”

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood