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electron

[ih-lek-tron] / ɪˈlɛk trɒn /


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The detector was fabricated using a semiconductor structure containing a high-mobility electron gas.

From Science Daily • May 31, 2026

In this process, incoming terahertz photons transfer energy to electrons confined within a two-dimensional electron gas.

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

At OIST, the Organometallic Chemistry Group led by Dr. Satoshi Takebayashi has been studying ways to push beyond that traditional 18 electron limit.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

In 1998, Japanese observers reported that neutrinos do have mass, but not a great deal–about one ten-millionth that of an electron.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson




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