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electron

[ih-lek-tron] / ɪˈlɛk trɒn /


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Spintronics adds another way to work with information by taking advantage of electron spin as well.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

Afterward, the scientists examined the tested samples using powerful electron microscopes.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

Unlike the usual process involving one electron, the experiment allowed both of helium's electrons to be removed in succession.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

"It can be shown that when the electron returns to its atom, it generates a whole range of different frequencies with roughly equal intensity," says Dimitar Popmintchev, postdoc in Tenio Popmintchev's team at TU Wien.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

I looked through the chemicals in my set and picked the ones that would result in the same type of electron balance that occurred in the hydrogen-and-oxygen bond.

From "Because of Mr. Terupt" by Rob Buyea

The driving force comes directly from electrons traveling through the spiral molecule.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

The achievement could eventually contribute to the development of molecular electronic components and technologies involving spintronics, which uses properties of electrons beyond their electrical charge.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

Intense radiation from early galaxies gradually transformed the hydrogen by stripping electrons from its atoms, leaving behind positively charged protons and free electrons.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

The new experiment demonstrates that this familiar limit can be exceeded when two electrons interact in a particular way.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

They also allow the reverse processes, antiquarks turning into electrons, and electrons and antielectrons turning into antiquarks and quarks.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking


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