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electron

[ih-lek-tron] / ɪˈlɛk trɒn /


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Every step was performed under vacuum and at cryogenic temperatures to eliminate interference from oxygen, water, or even the microscopes' electron beams.

From Science Daily Jul. 10, 2026

That doesn’t mean every electron comes from solar or wind, but it does mean Google can claim to be offsetting its power use with low-carbon-emissions sources that use almost no water.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 3, 2026

Eventual analysis with scanning electron microscopy at the Canadian Museum of Nature allowed researchers to confirm it as a probable embolomere.

From Barron's Jun. 18, 2026

That threshold falls to roughly 10 electron volts when fluorine is added and about 14 electron volts when oxygen is used.

From Science Daily Jun. 17, 2026

The “true” electron is a bit heavier and carries a greater charge than the electron that physicists observe.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

To investigate the process, Montemore and co-author Santu Biswas, a postdoctoral fellow in Tulane's Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, used computer simulations to model how atoms and electrons behave.

From Science Daily Jul. 12, 2026

These special pathways allow electrons to travel along the edges of the material and are protected by the symmetry of the crystal lattice.

From Science Daily Jul. 11, 2026

Their work expanded on Niels Bohr's early atomic model, which pictured electrons orbiting the nucleus much like planets orbit the sun.

From Science Daily Jul. 5, 2026

When an electrical current pushes the electrons through this ultra-thin pathway at high speeds, the electrons release their excess energy as bursts of sound-like vibrations known as phonons.

From Science Daily Jul. 2, 2026

They also allow the reverse processes, antiquarks turning into electrons, and electrons and antielectrons turning into antiquarks and quarks.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking




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