atom

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That atom then stabilizes itself by pulling an electron from a nearby atom, while the released energy ionizes a third neighbor.

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

Schrödinger's wave equation also made it possible to correctly analyze the hydrogen atom, which contains just one electron.

From Science Daily • Mar. 10, 2026

"At this point, it matters where every atom is, and it's really hard to characterize."

From Science Daily • Mar. 5, 2026

They also discovered that radioactive elements decayed into other elements–that one day you had an atom of uranium, say, and the next you had an atom of lead.

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