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atom

[at-uhm] / ˈæt əm /


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Conditions in space are ideal for making semiconductors, which have the atoms they're made of arranged in a highly ordered 3D structure.

From BBC

Knowing she’ll lose the ability to pick a side cast her back into the fight, and with an atom bomb that the hive mind, by its endlessly giving nature, had to provide.

From Salon

Some of the most promising quantum computing designs use trapped ions or trapped neutral atoms to store information.

From Science Daily

This unusual pattern reflects the three-fold rotational symmetry of how atoms are arranged on the surface of PtBi2.

From Science Daily

When a laser shines on an atom to trigger the release of a photon, the process can also produce extra, unwanted photons.

From Science Daily