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electron

[ih-lek-tron] / ɪˈlɛk trɒn /


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Afterward, the scientists examined the tested samples using powerful electron microscopes.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

That prediction describes the conventional process involving a single electron.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

"It can be shown that when the electron returns to its atom, it generates a whole range of different frequencies with roughly equal intensity," says Dimitar Popmintchev, postdoc in Tenio Popmintchev's team at TU Wien.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

Now, physicists at the University of California, Berkeley, have brought that same principle to electron microscopy, a technology capable of magnifying objects roughly 10,000 times more than conventional light microscopes.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

Yet this has been done with the aid of the electron microscope and the techniques of the biochemist.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

Intense radiation from early galaxies gradually transformed the hydrogen by stripping electrons from its atoms, leaving behind positively charged protons and free electrons.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

By carefully controlling the ultraviolet laser pulses, the researchers could arrange for both electrons to return to the atom simultaneously.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

Although the electrons were freed at different moments, their behavior remained connected through quantum correlations.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

Observing processes at such speeds is essential for understanding how electrons move and influence one another in quantum systems.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

However, for orbits whose lengths were not a whole number of wavelengths, each wave crest would eventually be canceled out by a trough as the electrons went round; these orbits would not be allowed.

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


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