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electron

[ih-lek-tron] / ɪˈlɛk trɒn /


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For decades, however, chemists have faced a basic limitation in how electron transfer works.

From Science Daily Aug. 9, 2026

Rather than trying to control which molecule receives an electron through conventional chemical preferences, the researchers developed a catalyst that releases the electron directly into the surrounding solution.

From Science Daily Aug. 9, 2026

First, the gamma-ray signal extended smoothly from more than 100 trillion electron volts down to 400 million electron volts.

From Science Daily Aug. 2, 2026

Preventing unwanted electric fields was especially important because the researchers needed to confirm that the electron flow came entirely from the light.

From Science Daily Jul. 28, 2026

There is, we are told, an infinite hierarchy of universes, so that an elementary particle, such as an electron, in our universe would, if penetrated, reveal itself to be an entire closed universe.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

The findings suggest that atomically thin materials could provide an especially useful platform for observing how electrons move collectively within ordered quantum states.

From Science Daily Aug. 12, 2026

When electrons are restricted to a two-dimensional plane and interact strongly enough, they can begin behaving very differently from ordinary electrons.

From Science Daily Aug. 12, 2026

The researchers also discovered that the strength of the interactions between electrons influences the optical signatures they observed.

From Science Daily Aug. 12, 2026

Scientists have studied it for decades because the crystal structure is created by interactions between the electrons themselves rather than by the underlying structure of the material containing them.

From Science Daily Aug. 12, 2026

But this technology was still not capable of “approaching, much less surpassing, the success of the radioactive elements, in providing us with high-speed electrons and high-speed atoms.”

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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