atomic
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Of course, in the atomic age, wars between imperial great powers, as in World War I and World War II, are no longer truly conceivable.
From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026
By carefully engineering the atomic interactions where two materials come into contact, the team was able to significantly alter the properties of a metallic material.
From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2026
She’s played everyone from Mary Poppins to the volatile but brilliant wife of the atomic bomb’s inventor, earning an Oscar nod for Oppenheimer in 2024.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
Kim Jong Un vowed an "exponential" increase in nuclear military capabilities as state media reported the North Korean leader visited a new atomic facility.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
It was entitled ‘The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution’—the revolution being Rutherford’s revolution, which had led to the creation of the atomic bomb.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing atomic
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