atomic

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"Our findings may open a route toward compact gravitational-wave sensing, where the relevant atomic ensemble is millimeter-scale," said Navdeep Arya, a postdoctoral researcher at Stockholm University.

From Science Daily • Apr. 10, 2026

The chief of the UN nuclear watchdog said attacks near Iran's Bushehr atomic power plant "pose a very real danger to nuclear safety and must stop".

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

This is a city of ancient caves but also of modern mills and atomic research facilities, which makes it impossible for two people to view it in the same way.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Rendered with atomic specks of red, blue and green that produce a darker purplish cast, its resonant effect is reinforced in the painted border Seurat added later, as he did to many of his seascapes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

Thus, the atomic theory required that the universe be filled with emptiness—an infinite void.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife