atom
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So when my Google searches treat my request for info about sitcom intros of years past like splitting the atom, I get suspicious.
From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2026
In a typical cavity QED setup, each atom has a ground state and an excited state separated by a specific energy difference.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 6, 2026
In a landmark paper published in 2021, Pasqal researchers showed how neutrals atom could be scaled into larger systems.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
Extrapolating backward in time, Lemaître proposed the idea of a primeval atom: a singularity from which the universe emerged in a uniquely hot, dense state.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
I might as well have just been born, or just wormed through a Lazarus Door—one atom at a time.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
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Instead, the arrangement of atoms on its surface plays a critical role.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
"What we show is that for two of the most common gold surface types, the surface atoms actually rearrange themselves in a way that makes the gold much more resistant to oxidation."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
Its atoms naturally pair up into `dimers,' meaning they exist as bonded pairs.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026
Another unusual feature is that gallium forms `covalent bonds,' in which atoms share electrons.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026
As Democritus put it, ‘By convention sweet, by convention bitter, by convention hot, by convention cold, by convention colour: but in reality atoms and void.’
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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