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Electrons and positrons can collide and transform into gamma-ray photons, while gamma rays themselves can collide and create new particles.

From Science Daily • May 27, 2026

Electrons exhibit both particle and wave-like properties -- they don't simply roll like a ball.

From Science Daily • Dec. 2, 2024

Electrons behave in ways that are often counterintuitive, and under certain conditions, their waves can interfere with each other in a way that concentrates their movement into certain patterns.

From Science Daily • Dec. 2, 2024

Electrons and positrons striking the cone would convert mostly to low energy photons and neutrons, which are easier to distinguish from the desired signals.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 27, 2024

No one cared that the Electrons had lost again.

From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli