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atom

[at-uhm] / ˈæt əm /


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In this case, each carbon ring shifted from bonding through all five carbon atoms to bonding through only one carbon atom.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

In its first moments, the universe was a seething soup of elementary particles and energetic photons that would destroy any atom before it could form.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

This description applies to a wide range of systems, including light waves, molecular vibrations, and even the motion of a single trapped atom.

From Science Daily • May 1, 2026

Infleqtion, the maker of quantum sensors and neutral atom computers, gained nearly 24%.

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

The grip of the strong force reaches out only to about 1/100,000 of the diameter of an atom.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson




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