electron
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They then used a precisely timed laser pulse to remove an extra electron, resulting in a fast-moving, neutral, and coherent stream of positronium atoms.
From Science Daily • Apr. 28, 2026
The electron and positron do not diffract separately but instead act together as one wave.
From Science Daily • Apr. 28, 2026
Using environmental transmission electron microscopy, they observed bulk oxygen spillover in Ru/rutile-TiO2 catalysts for the first time.
From Science Daily • Apr. 21, 2026
Tokyo electron rallied 5% in Japan; its U.S.-listed peers gained premarket.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
They had discovered the X ray, the cathode ray, the electron, and radioactivity, invented the ohm, the watt, the Kelvin, the joule, the amp, and the little erg.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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