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Some compounds, such as ribonucleotides, are initially attracted by electrical forces but then form stronger chemical bonds with iron atoms.

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A classical solid is defined by atoms locked into a rigid, repeating crystal structure.

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“You must not call it a carnival. Every year on August sixth we remember those who died when the atom bomb was dropped on our city. It is a memorial day.”

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“The cloud was swelling into a mushroom, looking like an atom bomb had gone off,” Barry remembered.

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A team led by physicists at Stanford University has developed a new kind of optical cavity that can efficiently capture single photons, the basic particles of light, emitted by individual atoms.

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