subatomic

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Automated software looks for moving blips of light, checks them against possible false positives like subatomic particles from space zapping the detector, oversensitive pixels, and the like.

From Scientific American

To grasp entanglement's full strangeness, it helps to understand that when quantum physicists first set out to quantify the position and motion of subatomic particles, the tiny objects could not be pinned down.

From Scientific American

Instead of just considering how a water molecule rubs against a carbon atom, the team developed equations that describe the subatomic interactions of electrons within water molecules and carbon atoms alike.

From Scientific American

A quantum computer relies on the strange ways that some objects behave at the subatomic level or when exposed to extreme cold, like metal chilled to nearly 460 degrees below zero.

From New York Times

Their best theory of everything else is quantum physics, which is astonishingly accurate when it comes to the properties of matter, energy and subatomic particles.

From Scientific American