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Researchers from the University of Strathclyde and Durham University have developed a proposed detection technique that uses molecules capable of emitting light with distinct left and right-handed properties.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
Shabana Mahmood pledged the cash in light of challenges faced by the force following the deaths, which followed a pursuit on the A66 at South Bank, near Middlesbrough, on 22 August.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
After this came to light, Judge Wingate replaced the TRO without explaining.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
At a later press conference, Baron Cohen -- as himself -- defended satire as the quintessential format for "shining a light on, maybe, subjects that we haven't really discussed as a society before."
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
These connections are so fine that they cannot be seen through a conventional light microscope.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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When asked about an additional prosecution experiment that involves the lighter prosecutors believe ignited the blaze, Haney said that testing “will be central in trial two.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
More defined, but lighter than his playing days when he said his weight would range between 118kg and 135kg.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
I know that’s a pretty heavy story to wade through, so my colleagues have put together a few lighter reads to help you refocus:
From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2026
It already had a lighter facelift for Nintendo's handheld 3DS in 2011.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
Now the cleaves were lighter and closer together: it had slowed to a walk.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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Still, the new theoretical framework could give researchers a powerful way to expand future searches and use Earth's natural electromagnetic environment as a tool for probing some of the lightest possible forms of dark matter.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
Samsung’s new Galaxy Z Fold8 is the lightest book-style foldable phone on the market, but that’s not the headline.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
By contrast, the lightest Specs model weighs 132 grams.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026
It was befitting of an important office job, with only the lightest indicators of riches and omnipotence.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
He could just make out her hair, the lightest thing in the gloom, and beside it the boy’s head, black-haired and solid and strong.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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Clarkson paid $5.45 million for the compound, which includes a Colonial-style main house, a guesthouse, a lighted tennis court, and a pool.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
She was hanging up her jacket when her phone lighted up with his reply.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
In the brightly lighted foyer, Valentyna Kyselova adjusts her hair in one of the gilded mirrors, then poses for a selfie with a friend.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
He admits he wrote to an associate choreographer asking if there was a solution — possibly making them from plastic foam — and was politely reminded that they would be lighted on fire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
A fat-bellied man waddled out of the shop with a lighted torch, thrust it into a bracket beside the door, and waddled back inside.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
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Since then the Houthis have made a lighting advance along the Red Sea coast, and they have now completely cut off Yemen's third largest city, Taiz.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Unlike most Mastcam photographs, the images were processed without white balancing, allowing the scene to retain the distinctive colors and lighting of the Martian morning.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026
WSJ | Buy Side: This sleek, refillable lighter combines classy design and a clever lighting mechanism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
On “Heal My Faith,” the rapper who first gained mainstream attention by lighting the pop chart’s sacred cows afire wonders why we can’t all just get along.
From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026
My desire to serve this movement is pumping through me, lighting me up inside like a string of lights beaming energy through my body.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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Heading into the final 20 minutes, with the match evenly poised 19-17 in Canada's favour, England winger Jess Breach's eyes lit up as she intercepted a pass from Justine Pelletier.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
Meanwhile, stroads are often poorly lit at night, Sanders added.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
So two games into the National League Championship Series, guess which team’s relief corps has been lights out and which one has been lit up?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
I have a feeling those birthday candles lit a fire under you.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
I marveled at how far she’d lit from the wagon.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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