particles
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In its first moments, the universe was a seething soup of elementary particles and energetic photons that would destroy any atom before it could form.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
According to string theory, different vibrational modes generate different particles.
From Science Daily • May 19, 2026
However, during particularly intense events, some particles can penetrate the atmosphere, where they have the potential to take out power grids or communication networks.
From Barron's • May 19, 2026
Unlike gravity or electromagnetism, the strong force becomes stronger as particles move farther apart, similar to a rubber band stretching tighter the more it is pulled.
From Science Daily • May 19, 2026
In string theory different particles are really the same type of string, just wiggling in different ways.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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