atom
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It occurs when a single magnetic atom, such as iron or manganese, is placed as an impurity inside a metal such as copper.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026
The U.S. government initiated and oversaw the entire enterprise that unleashed the atom and made the bomb.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Researchers are probing scales as small as 10-20 meters at the LHC, a distance that is to an atom, what an atom is to a human.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
Before testing the first atom bomb, the Los Alamos crew asked Hans Bethe to confirm with math that it wouldn’t start a chain reaction and consume the atmosphere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
“Potassium nitrate. KNO3. The same as potassium chlorate except it has a nitrogen atom instead of a chlorine one.”
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
Another major advance is Lumina's treatment of helium reionization, a process in which radiation strips electrons from helium atoms.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026
What some of the Princeton philosophers imagined, according to Mr. Rovelli, was that the universe consisted of “well-defined atoms moving in an absolute space.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Through exact mathematical derivations, they determined how strongly each excited state interacts with the movements of nearby atoms.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
There is a practical upside for companies that want to use maritime reactors: Water is everywhere to help keep them cool as they split atoms and generate heat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
A fission bomb could create the heat and pressure needed to fuse hydrogen atoms.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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