atom
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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
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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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