atom

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The team studied short chains of phosphorus atoms that naturally arrange themselves at specific angles on a silver surface.

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Water is made of hydrogen and oxygen, and some of these atoms naturally exist in slightly heavier forms called isotopes.

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Oxygen atoms glow green - the colour most often seen in the Northern Lights.

From BBC

At lower temperatures, atoms and molecules combine to form dust.

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Using specially adapted instruments, they measured isotopes, which are slight differences in the mass of atoms.

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