electron
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Marcus had discovered a calculation that violated the law of conservation of energy, a bedrock scientific principle, tucked inside a new theory on electron behavior.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
That doesn’t mean every electron comes from solar or wind, but it does mean Google can claim to be offsetting its power use with low-carbon-emissions sources that use almost no water.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
He later brought silk samples back to the University of Greifswald in Germany, where they were examined using advanced techniques including scanning electron microscopy.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 26, 2026
"In solids, molecules are packed tightly, and the π electron clouds -- regions of high electron density hovering above and below each molecular plane -- can overlap," says Sasaki.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 26, 2026
As it was, the Europeans had their hands full trying to understand the strange behavior of the electron.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
The electrons were produced using a strontium-90 source.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
The Marcus Theory, as it came to be known, provides a mathematical way to determine how fast or slow, or in what direction, electrons jump between molecules without breaking chemical bonds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
To investigate the process, Montemore and co-author Santu Biswas, a postdoctoral fellow in Tulane's Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, used computer simulations to model how atoms and electrons behave.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
These special pathways allow electrons to travel along the edges of the material and are protected by the symmetry of the crystal lattice.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
One might therefore think that opening another slit would just increase the number of electrons hitting each point of the screen, but, because of interference, it actually decreases it in some places.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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Quantum of Vocabulary: the Parlance of Particle Physics
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Chemistry - Introductory
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