particle
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The mystery centered on the muon, a short lived particle that resembles an electron but is about 200 times heavier.
From Science Daily • May 19, 2026
Their work provided some of the earliest hints of the infinite particle spectrum later connected to string theory.
From Science Daily • May 19, 2026
The particle forms when photons are strongly linked with electrons inside an atomically thin semiconductor material.
From Science Daily • May 19, 2026
Correction 20 March: This piece was updated to remove a claim that the entire proposed cut of £162m was to research into particle physics and astronomy.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026
The Ebola virus particle contains only seven different proteins—seven distinct types of large molecules arranged in a long braided structure that is the stringy Ebola particle.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
Vocabulary lists containing particle
Quantum of Vocabulary: the Parlance of Particle Physics
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"Nature" by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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