electron
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Positronium is a short-lived, two-body system made up of an electron and a positron bound together and orbiting a shared center of mass.
From Science Daily • Apr. 28, 2026
Using environmental transmission electron microscopy, they observed bulk oxygen spillover in Ru/rutile-TiO2 catalysts for the first time.
From Science Daily • Apr. 21, 2026
Tokyo electron rallied 5% in Japan; its U.S.-listed peers gained premarket.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
In quantum computers that is done with qubits where, in each qubit, the quantum properties of an individual electron or photon are manipulated.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
Ultraviolet light is light with a lot of energy, so scientists naturally concluded that it took quite a bit of energy to kick an electron out of an atom.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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Chemistry - Introductory
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