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as in measurement

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Silicon cannot conduct ions; hence, any signal detected by the microscope showed that surface topography generated the measurement artifacts instead of actual ion movement.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026
This suggests that the measurements may be capturing some of the biological processes driving the loss of brain tissue, and could eventually be important for the development of treatments.

— Claudia Metzler-Baddeley, Scientific American, 5 Sep. 2026

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That level of detail also allowed the researchers to calculate a provable lower bound for the probability of completing the computation successfully.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2026
Finally, the researchers tested their system using real blocks, each a few centimeters across, with circuitry inside that ran computations locally.

— Matthew Hutson, Scientific American, 6 Sep. 2026

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But reports of such cases are growing nationally, alongside social media addiction, so Taylor is planning to add a new standard category—chatbot/social media—to the paperwork that his patients fill out when seeking psychiatric evaluations.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 9 Sep. 2026
The Falcons’ season begins this weekend; one that most are considering an evaluation year with an outside chance at playoff contention in a weak division.

— Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 9 Sep. 2026

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