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electron

[ih-lek-tron] / ɪˈlɛk trɒn /


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The other is the Zeeman effect, which describes the coupling between the magnetic field and electron spin.

From Science Daily Sep. 5, 2026

Such control could prove valuable for spintronics, a field that uses electron spin as well as electrical charge to process and store information, and for new computer memory designs.

From Science Daily Aug. 27, 2026

"Our catalyst works a bit differently because it actually just ejects the electron directly into solvent," says Zachary Wickens, a professor in the UW-Madison Department of Chemistry who led the work.

From Science Daily Aug. 9, 2026

For decades, however, chemists have faced a basic limitation in how electron transfer works.

From Science Daily Aug. 9, 2026

In Rutherford’s experiment, the alpha-particles had energies of millions of electron volts.

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

Under these conditions, relativistic electrons can lose energy more quickly as they interact with the cosmic microwave background.

From Science Daily Sep. 4, 2026

In particular, the material seemed to have a single energy gap, a key characteristic that reflects how electrons pair together so they can move without electrical resistance.

From Science Daily Aug. 31, 2026

The method measures the momentum of electrons emitted from the molecule, giving scientists access to one half of the wavefunction without physically changing its state.

From Science Daily Aug. 24, 2026

Under ordinary conditions, electrons are distributed relatively evenly throughout erbium tritelluride.

From Science Daily Aug. 20, 2026

Since each atom is electrically neutral, the number of protons in the nucleus must exactly equal the number of electrons in the electron cloud.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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