atom
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They are found inside particles such as protons and neutrons and are roughly a billion times smaller than an atom.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
Before testing the first atom bomb, the Los Alamos crew asked Hans Bethe to confirm with math that it wouldn’t start a chain reaction and consume the atmosphere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
When a positively charged antimuon combines with a negatively charged electron, the pair forms a neutral atom known as muonium.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
According to the traditional explanation, that influence becomes progressively weaker as it moves farther from the original atom.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
“Smaller than the smallest atom, greater than the vast spaces.”
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
A related neutral atom platform in the lab recently reached a major milestone by trapping 6,100 atoms in a single array.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
They gently disturbed the entire atomic chain by changing the lasers at a particular frequency and then measured how strongly the atoms responded.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
Additional lasers then pushed the atoms into highly excited energy levels known as Rydberg states.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
Teams led by Google and QuEra Computing recreated related string breaking models using superconducting circuits and neutral atoms, respectively.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
Annabelle thinks of the mysterious universe, how atoms of light can undergo fusion if they’re squeezed under enough pressure.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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