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proton

[proh-ton] / ˈproʊ tɒn /
NOUN
positive charged particle
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He completed nine rounds of chemotherapy and proton beam radiation.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

"We have captured for the first time how electronic changes associated with proton transfer are coupled to reorganization of the surrounding solvent," said Biasin.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

That makes it possible to investigate structures even smaller than a proton.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026

For the first time, Jefferson Lab researchers detected two such signals created when a beam of high-energy photons interacted with a proton target.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 2, 2026

The conclusion was inescapable: Cockcroft and Walton had fired a proton into lithium, which in its most common form has a nucleus of three protons and four neutrons.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

They found that approximately 89% of the studies involved reactions at one or more electrodes in which both electrons and protons were transferred.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

When electrons and protons move in a coordinated way, molecules can avoid intermediate steps that would otherwise require more energy.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 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

This milestone was reached on January 9, 1932, when they placed 4,000 volts on the dees and, after 300 kicks, ended up with protons at 1.22 million volts.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik


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