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atom

[at-uhm] / ˈæt əm /


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In this form, the oxygen atoms lock into a rigid solid framework, while hydrogen ions move freely through the structure, creating behavior unlike that of ordinary ice or liquid water.

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The findings challenge a long-standing explanation for how atoms crucial to life are spread through space.

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In magnetic materials, each atom behaves like a tiny bar magnet because of a property called atomic spin.

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The team confined thousands of rubidium atoms so they could only move along a single straight line, using a combination of magnetic and optical fields.

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By bringing both light and atoms together on a single chip, the team has created a platform designed for scalability and seamless integration into quantum photonic systems.

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