particle
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Ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays are particles from space that slam into Earth with energies far beyond anything produced by human-built particle accelerators.
From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026
An ultraheavy particle may help explain one of the most puzzling mysteries in modern astrophysics: the origin of the most energetic particles ever detected.
From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026
Or the 14 miles of tunnels that were dug for a giant particle accelerator in Texas, only for Congress to pull the plug.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
The paper claimed the first discovery of a Majorana fermion, a theoretical particle central to the tech giant’s quantum computing effort.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
In truth, light is neither particle nor wave, but a strange combination of the two.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
Vocabulary lists containing particle
Quantum of Vocabulary: the Parlance of Particle Physics
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"Nature" by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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