atom

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In this process, radiation first excites an atom.

From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026

After knocking out an electron from the neon atom using soft X-rays, they followed how the system evolved for up to a picosecond, which is extremely long on an atomic timescale, before the decay occurred.

From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026

Later, one krypton atom moves closer to the neon atom while the other shifts farther away, creating favorable conditions for electron transfer and energy flow.

From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026

So he was not dealing with ordinary, day-to-day stuff, let alone whether you should pursue an atom bomb.

From Slate • Mar. 11, 2026

There was also the problem of how protons with their positive charges could bundle together inside the nucleus without blowing themselves and the rest of the atom apart.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson