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The lesson involving the machine at de Zavala, for example, had students learn about kinetic energy.
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Jason Ma, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
Few if any filmmakers can build and breathlessly sustain visceral intensity with the command of Paul Greengrass, who brings documentary realism, kinetic energy and heart-pumping adrenaline to stories drawn from life or fiction, generally about people caught in explosive situations.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
This generates exponentially more kinetic energy on impact, allowing the interceptor to defeat ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, hypersonic weapons, and aircraft.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
According to the University of Southern California’s Illumin Magazine, funiculars use a counterweight pulley system to generate kinetic energy, so that when one car of a funicular descends, the other car can ascend.
—Catherine Nicholls, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
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Jason Ma, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
Few if any filmmakers can build and breathlessly sustain visceral intensity with the command of Paul Greengrass, who brings documentary realism, kinetic energy and heart-pumping adrenaline to stories drawn from life or fiction, generally about people caught in explosive situations.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
This generates exponentially more kinetic energy on impact, allowing the interceptor to defeat ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, hypersonic weapons, and aircraft.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
According to the University of Southern California’s Illumin Magazine, funiculars use a counterweight pulley system to generate kinetic energy, so that when one car of a funicular descends, the other car can ascend.
—Catherine Nicholls, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
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“Kinetic energy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kinetic%20energy. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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