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nuclei

noun

variants also nucleuses

plural of nucleus

as in centers

a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest a college campus that was a nucleus of opposition to the war

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as in hearts

the central part or aspect of something under consideration the nucleus of the movement's methodology has always been passive resistance

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Recent Examples of nuclei Researchers revealed that a radiofrequency pulse is then applied, briefly knocking the nuclei out of alignment. —

Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 31 May 2026 This undated microscope image from USC via the NIH shows pancreatic cancer cells, nuclei in blue, growing as a sphere encased in membranes, red. —

CBS News, 31 May 2026 Fusion energy uses light elements, such as hydrogen, and extreme heat to make nuclei collide and fuse, producing a single, heavier atom and massive energy. —

Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 27 May 2026 The building blocks of atomic nuclei, quarks and gluons, floated around loosely in a kind of primordial soup. —

Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 23 May 2026 Many of the neurons that use dopamine reside in the basal ganglia which are nuclei located deep in the lamprey brain. —

Literary Hub, 13 May 2026 If ultraheavy nuclei contribute significantly at the highest energies, future data should indicate a composition heavier than iron. —

Robert Lea, Space.com, 13 May 2026 Core players giving their squad a high baseline is always vital in the playoffs, and the Ducks finally have some chance at hanging with other teams’ nuclei thanks to Carlsson and Gauthier’s ongoing emergence. —

Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 19 Apr. 2026 Hydrogen atoms are the simplest nuclei, with a single proton orbited by an electron, so that’s typically what physicists have used for their experiments to measure the proton’s charge radius. —

ArsTechnica, 14 Apr. 2026

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Leo's visit signals a return of papal attention to Europe's Christian roots after Pope Francis largely stayed away from the traditional centers of Christianity in favor of smaller Catholic communities farther away.

— CBS News, CBS News, 6 June 2026
Leo's visit signals a return of papal attention to Europe’s Christian roots after Pope Francis largely stayed away from the traditional centers of Christianity in favor of smaller Catholic communities farther away.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 June 2026