subatomic
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For decades, the mystery of fundamental constants was mostly explored through black holes, stars, and subatomic particles.
From Science Daily ● May 8, 2026
Most qubits are subatomic particles, like electrons, that are put in “superposition,” or many states at once: a 1, a 0, and all values between the two.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
Powerful systems like the System Two operate based on the principles of quantum mechanics, the science behind atoms, molecules, and subatomic particles.
From Barron's ● Dec. 10, 2025
That picture turned out to be wrong, since atoms are built from subatomic particles rather than twists in space.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 7, 2025
Improbably he wondered if the neutron–the subatomic particle that had just been discovered in England by James Chadwick, and was thus both novel and rather fashionable–might be at the heart of things.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
