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Most of the atoms in your body left the Milky Way on a 'cosmic conveyor belt' long before you were born, new study reveals
New research suggests that most of the atoms within the human body likely spent part of their lives drifting beyond the Milky ...
The Economist20d
The chart of everything
At the bottom of the chart are the fundamental particles—quarks, bosons (eg Higgs, w +, w -, z ), protons, neutrons, ...
WFIU7d
The Wrong Formula for Water
Most of us have heard, in one place or another, that the chemical formula for water is H2O. In other words, a molecule of ...
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Developing models of atoms
Listen to the full series on BBC Sounds. Hans Geiger and Ernest Marsden tested the plum pudding model. They aimed beams of positively-charged particles at very thin gold foil. These particles ...
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Researchers Kept Atoms In A Quantum Superposition State For Over 23 Minutes, Which Impacts The Future Of Precision Measurement And Quantum Computing
When looking at atoms (or anything) in a quantum superposition state, it normally lasts for fractions of a second. These highly unstable states have many interesting applications in a variety of ...
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Developing models of atoms
Listen to the full series on BBC Sounds. Hans Geiger and Ernest Marsden tested the plum pudding model. They aimed beams of positively-charged particles at very thin gold foil. These particles ...