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[at-uhm] / ˈæt əm /


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Their results show that exposure to light can make an atom more responsive to the movement of neighboring atoms.

From Science Daily Jul. 30, 2026

Of course, so much of what’s otherwise known points a finger directly back at Taylor Farms, false-positive atom splitting notwithstanding, and there’s only so much the company can do to deflect.

From Slate Jul. 22, 2026

This frustrated Marcus because he otherwise liked the innovative theory that had been proposed by Willard Libby, a physicist who had helped develop the atom bomb.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

The approach relies on a diamond containing a microscopic magnetic defect formed by a nitrogen atom and a missing neighboring carbon atom.

From Science Daily Jun. 23, 2026

Part of this hospital was especially for those with the atom bomb sickness.

From "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" by Eleanor Coerr

Instead of moving independently, they arrange themselves into a repeating pattern similar to the orderly structure of atoms in a conventional crystal.

From Science Daily Aug. 12, 2026

"You can decompose a thought into subcomponents, like little atoms of logical propositions, and you can combine them in a hierarchical manner to make more complex structured rules, very akin to language."

From Science Daily Aug. 11, 2026

During oxygen evolution, the silver instead helps oxygen atoms combine into oxygen molecules and then supports their release.

From Science Daily Aug. 10, 2026

As transistors shrink toward the dimensions of individual atoms, those interfaces could become some of the most important parts of the devices themselves.

From Science Daily Aug. 9, 2026

As a cloud of gas collapses, it gets hotter and denser, and hydrogen atoms slam into one another with increasing force.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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