atomic

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For his latest film, the quest for goosebumps took him to the frontier of AI as he followed researchers on an expedition they liken to the discovery of fire and electricity—or the atomic bomb.

From The Wall Street Journal

Harry Truman knew little about the plans to use atomic weapons when he took office.

From The Wall Street Journal

Truman had a surprisingly limited role in the atomic bombings of Japan on Aug. 6 and 9, 1945.

From The Wall Street Journal

These powerful facilities allowed scientists to squeeze water to pressures exceeding 1.5 million atmospheres and heat it to several thousand degrees Celsius, all while capturing snapshots of its atomic structure within trillionths of a second.

From Science Daily

In magnetic materials, each atom behaves like a tiny bar magnet because of a property called atomic spin.

From Science Daily