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[at-uhm] / ˈæt əm /


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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

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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