proton
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He completed nine rounds of chemotherapy and proton beam radiation.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
"While this was an experiment-driven discovery, our theoretical work provided the molecular-level interpretation needed to translate the X-ray measurements into a detailed picture of the underlying coordination between proton, electron and solvent motion."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
"Are they happening together or not? At which molecular site? And how is the water network facilitating the proton hop?"
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
That would make it more than 200 times as massive as a proton.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
This is the fourth largest proton event in the past three years, and will likely continue at or above the current level for the next several weeks as we approach the solar maximum.
From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements
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The researchers believe this principle could reveal opportunities to improve other electrochemical processes, particularly those involving the movement of both electrons and protons.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
This primordial material existed for only a few millionths of a second before cooling rapidly, allowing quarks and gluons to combine into protons, neutrons, and other particles found throughout the universe today.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
The Higgs bosons themselves are produced when protons traveling at 99.99% the speed of light collide at energies reaching thirteen trillion electron volts.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
Although quarks are commonly described as the fundamental pieces of protons and neutrons, much of the mass of ordinary matter comes from the energy associated with gluons and the strong force.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026
According to Edlefsen’s rudimentary ion detectors, something was going on inside the flask, but whether it was protons accelerating in resonance with an oscillating electric field was by no means clear.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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