electron
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Using electron and immunofluorescence microscopy, the research team examined Spirostomum in detail.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
When a positively charged antimuon combines with a negatively charged electron, the pair forms a neutral atom known as muonium.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
The researchers used high pressure freezing electron microscopy to preserve their delicate shapes before examining them with beams of electrons.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
A quantum computer electron microscope based on the concept is now being constructed at TU Wien.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
What this means in practice is that you can never predict where an electron will be at any given moment.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
He argues that it doesn't make sense to constantly convert data from photons to electrons and back to photons.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Data is shunted around data centres in the form of electrons, which travel efficiently in copper wiring.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Albert Einstein famously called entanglement "spooky action at a distance," and scientists have previously observed the effect in systems involving photons, electrons and trapped ions.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
But it might as well be drinking electrons through a straw.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
Cosmic rays, mainly electrons and protons, have bombarded the Earth for the entire history of life on our planet.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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