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a very small piece
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Recent Examples of atoms
This state, then, has the potential to quantum tunnel into the true vacuum state, whereupon the laws of nature will abruptly change, including the fundamental constants that govern the Universe and allow structures, like atoms, to form.
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Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 3 Oct. 2025
What happens to these particles within atoms would stay unexplained without this tool.
—Dipangkar Dutta, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
Whereas traditional nuclear fission energy creates power by splitting atoms, fusion uses heat to create energy by melding them together.
—Jordan Blum, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
According to measurements by the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics in Heidelberg, the process cut radon concentrations by a factor of four, down to about 430 atoms per metric ton.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025
They harness energy from the sun, wind, rivers, atoms, and ores.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Oct. 2025
Blue Ghost’s Lunar Sunrise This Raleigh scattering sees blue and violet short-wavelength light strike atoms in Earth's atmosphere and scatter while long-wavelength red and orange light bends onto the lunar surface.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
These filters can be tuned to isolate the light from any of a huge variety of atoms and molecules that might be in a gas cloud, allowing a cloud’s composition, temperature, density, structure and other properties to be measured.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2025
Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 3 Oct. 2025
What happens to these particles within atoms would stay unexplained without this tool.
—Dipangkar Dutta, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
Whereas traditional nuclear fission energy creates power by splitting atoms, fusion uses heat to create energy by melding them together.
—Jordan Blum, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
According to measurements by the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics in Heidelberg, the process cut radon concentrations by a factor of four, down to about 430 atoms per metric ton.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025
They harness energy from the sun, wind, rivers, atoms, and ores.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Oct. 2025
Blue Ghost’s Lunar Sunrise This Raleigh scattering sees blue and violet short-wavelength light strike atoms in Earth's atmosphere and scatter while long-wavelength red and orange light bends onto the lunar surface.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
These filters can be tuned to isolate the light from any of a huge variety of atoms and molecules that might be in a gas cloud, allowing a cloud’s composition, temperature, density, structure and other properties to be measured.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for atoms
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The small, icy world is home to water-spouting geysers that spew vapor and ice particles into space – offering a tangible clue to its subsurface saltwater ocean.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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For now, virtual particles are our best way to describe how particles behave.—
Dipangkar Dutta,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2025
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These slow down evaporation, meaning alcohol molecules can linger even after long cooking times.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
5 Oct. 2025
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While scientists have found evidence of organic molecules in the E-ring before, the team of researchers turned to observations made by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft in 2008 during a close flyby of Enceladus.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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The pattern is a brownish batik produced by specks of tobacco.—
Zuzana Říhová,
Literary Hub,
26 Sep. 2025
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After a few days’ travel, some of the specks landed on a buoy floating in the North Atlantic off the coast of French Guyana.—
Zack Savitsky,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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Tutu Atwell’s role is perplexing Every fan base has some trademark bits.—
Nate Atkins,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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The new Galactic Brownie flavor combines brownie batter ice cream, gooey brownie bits, creamy chocolate icing swirls, and rainbow chips that dazzle like the stars in the Milky Way.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
1 Oct. 2025
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Yes, these flecks are seeds that were once inside of a vanilla bean, confirms Britton.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 Sep. 2025
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This uncanny coincidence — that the Earth’s radiation lines up with the energies of carbon dioxide’s mixed vibrational/rotational quantum state — is how this tiny trace of molecules, mere flecks in the air, completely dominates our climate.—
Joseph Howlett,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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Instead, the study found that SIMP-0136's clouds, made of sand-like grains of hot silicates, are remarkably stable.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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Small things, like individual eyelashes or grains of sand, often get flushed out on their own through a combination of tearing up and blinking, per Mount Sinai.—
Hannah Yasharoff,
USA Today,
29 Sep. 2025
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Oxygen or green material includes grass clippings, produce scraps, tea bags, and coffee grounds.—
Lauren David,
Southern Living,
27 Sep. 2025
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The researchers had shown in 2023 that parasitic scraps of DNA could spread within bacterial populations by hitching rides on the tails of infecting viruses.—
Elie Dolgin,
IEEE Spectrum,
25 Sep. 2025
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Like its predecessor, When the Sea Came Alive, this audiobook features snippets of first-person accounts of those who lived the history.—
AudioFile Magazine
September 30,
Literary Hub,
30 Sep. 2025
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On Monday, the actress showed her Instagram followers snippets from an enviable workcation at Universal Studios Orlando in Central Florida.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Atoms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/atoms. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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