electron
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Without that strain, as in the material's natural bulk form, the electron spins did not show signs of altermagnetism.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
Inside molecules, electron wavefunctions are known as "molecular orbitals."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
Additional experiments involving electron microscopy, molecular biology, and electrophysiology revealed another surprise.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
As Wickens puts it, "anything is better than the electron freely floating in solution," says Wickens.
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
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An ultrathin diamond wafer converts CEBAF's electrons into a beam of high-energy photons with parallel spins.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 2, 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
Regions corresponding to the crests contain more electrons, while the troughs contain fewer.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
"Just like superconductivty, charge density waves are a collective phenomena where electrons move together in certain ways," explains lead author Yifan Su.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
The next category is the electromagnetic force, which interacts with electrically charged particles like electrons and quarks, but not with uncharged particles such as gravitons.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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