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When a photon strikes a material, it can excite an electron and move it away from its original position, leaving behind a positively charged hole.

From Science Daily

And now, just shy of his 40th birthday, Coogler is an Oscar winner, for best original screenplay for horror period piece "Sinners," an unlikely mash-up of racial segregation, Southern blues and vampire-fueled gore.

From Barron's

The musicians and songwriters behind Golden in the hit animated film KPop Demon Hunters won big for best original song - the first time a K-pop song was honoured by the Academy.

From BBC

Sinners also won best original score and best original screenplay for Coogler, who paid tribute to his family, including his producer wife Zinzi, "the best wife and mom in the world".

From BBC

“One Battle After Another” director Paul Thomas Anderson and “Sinners” director Ryan Coogler won trophies for adapted screenplay and original screenplay, respectively.

From The Wall Street Journal