electron
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They then used a precisely timed laser pulse to remove an extra electron, resulting in a fast-moving, neutral, and coherent stream of positronium atoms.
From Science Daily • Apr. 28, 2026
This pattern revealed that each electron behaved like a wave, with its quantum wave-function passing through both slits at once and interfering with itself.
From Science Daily • Apr. 28, 2026
Tokyo electron rallied 5% in Japan; its U.S.-listed peers gained premarket.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
In quantum computers that is done with qubits where, in each qubit, the quantum properties of an individual electron or photon are manipulated.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
Most of the physical size of an atom is made up of an electron cloud, which hovers around the nucleus.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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Quantum of Vocabulary: the Parlance of Particle Physics
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