electron
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The team also investigated whether positronium would produce interference in the same way as a single particle like an electron.
From Science Daily • Apr. 28, 2026
This pattern revealed that each electron behaved like a wave, with its quantum wave-function passing through both slits at once and interfering with itself.
From Science Daily • Apr. 28, 2026
Tokyo electron rallied 5% in Japan; its U.S.-listed peers gained premarket.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
In quantum computers that is done with qubits where, in each qubit, the quantum properties of an individual electron or photon are manipulated.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
On the other hand, if a light particle doesn’t have enough energy to nudge the electron out, then the electron stays put; the photon skitters away instead.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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