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In the atomic version of the experiment, the moving laser barrier played the same role, allowing the team to closely mimic the behavior of electronic junctions using atoms instead.

From Science Daily

Even compared with closely related compounds, it proved far more challenging to synthesize, despite differing by only a couple of atoms.

From Science Daily

"We can see gases come off the comet, and water molecules break apart into hydrogen and oxygen atoms."

From Science Daily

Mainly, he explained to his clients what fusion is—Smashing atoms together to make a new element, which releases energy, like stars.

From Barron's

Today, all of the world’s nuclear energy is generated from fission, the process of splitting the nucleus of an atom.

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