electron
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The detector was fabricated using a semiconductor structure containing a high-mobility electron gas.
From Science Daily • May 31, 2026
Using electron microscopy, they found that the iron-rich macrophages sit close to nerve fibers.
From Science Daily • May 31, 2026
Researchers can use this twisted light to become entangled with electron spins, creating qubits, the basic building blocks of quantum information systems.
From Science Daily • May 30, 2026
It also became a classic example of a long-standing chemistry principle stating that stable transition metal complexes typically contain 18 electrons in their outer shell according to formal electron counting methods.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
Conventional electrodynamic theory demanded that a flying electron should very quickly run out of energy–in only an instant or so–and spiral into the nucleus, with disastrous consequences for both.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
Vocabulary lists containing electron
Quantum of Vocabulary: the Parlance of Particle Physics
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Chemistry - Introductory
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