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atom

[at-uhm] / ˈæt əm /


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So when my Google searches treat my request for info about sitcom intros of years past like splitting the atom, I get suspicious.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

In a typical cavity QED setup, each atom has a ground state and an excited state separated by a specific energy difference.

From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2026

In a landmark paper published in 2021, Pasqal researchers showed how neutrals atom could be scaled into larger systems.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

Extrapolating backward in time, Lemaître proposed the idea of a primeval atom: a singularity from which the universe emerged in a uniquely hot, dense state.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Yet even those tiny carpets, all of which can fit in the span of an atom, cover all of the rational numbers.

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




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