as in particles
a very small piece
give me just one atom of information about the novel's surprise ending
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Recent Examples of atoms
When researchers exposed tardigrades to the extreme cold, or things like sugar, salt or hydrogen peroxide, the animals began to produce free radicals, or oxygen atoms with an extra electron.
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Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
Meanwhile, some atoms of uranium-238 can absorb neutrons and become plutonium and other transuranic elements.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 28 Dec. 2024
However, quantum mechanics sheds light on another realm of extremely tiny things, like atoms, electrons, and photons.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 28 Dec. 2024
Unlike many non-nuclear waste products like arsenic or asbestos, nuclear waste changes over time as the atoms undergo radioactive decay and the waste products change from one element to another.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 28 Dec. 2024
This idea builds on past knowledge that gold loves to form bonds with two or three sulfur atoms if given a chance.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 28 Dec. 2024
But a more mundane explanation is that a collection of hydrogen atoms, moving at about 10 km/s (a typical velocity for matter within the Milky Way) with respect to us, briefly emitted this signal, and then stopped.
—Big Think, 27 Dec. 2024
With some 1080 atoms within it, about five times as much mass in the form of dark matter, as well as billions of times as many photons and neutrinos, gravitation has had plenty of time to pull the matter into clumps, collections, groups, and clusters.
—Big Think, 25 Dec. 2024
Its purpose is to replicate the physics of a star by fusing the nuclei of atoms, thereby generating limitless fusion energy.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 Dec. 2024
Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
Meanwhile, some atoms of uranium-238 can absorb neutrons and become plutonium and other transuranic elements.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 28 Dec. 2024
However, quantum mechanics sheds light on another realm of extremely tiny things, like atoms, electrons, and photons.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 28 Dec. 2024
Unlike many non-nuclear waste products like arsenic or asbestos, nuclear waste changes over time as the atoms undergo radioactive decay and the waste products change from one element to another.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 28 Dec. 2024
This idea builds on past knowledge that gold loves to form bonds with two or three sulfur atoms if given a chance.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 28 Dec. 2024
But a more mundane explanation is that a collection of hydrogen atoms, moving at about 10 km/s (a typical velocity for matter within the Milky Way) with respect to us, briefly emitted this signal, and then stopped.
—Big Think, 27 Dec. 2024
With some 1080 atoms within it, about five times as much mass in the form of dark matter, as well as billions of times as many photons and neutrinos, gravitation has had plenty of time to pull the matter into clumps, collections, groups, and clusters.
—Big Think, 25 Dec. 2024
Its purpose is to replicate the physics of a star by fusing the nuclei of atoms, thereby generating limitless fusion energy.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for atoms
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The Barcelona study exposed the tiny plastic particles to human intestinal cells and found they were absorbed in large amounts by digestive cells that produce mucus, even making their way into the cells' nuclei, where the DNA is kept.—
Hatty Willmoth,
Newsweek,
3 Jan. 2025
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Some tea bags release billions of tiny plastic particles when immersed in hot water, creating tea that can harm your health and increase your risk of cancer—but not all tea is equally as dangerous.—
Hatty Willmoth,
Newsweek,
3 Jan. 2025
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By analyzing the composition of these molecules in the sediment layers deposited every year, the scientists were able to reconstruct a climate curve covering both the timing of the volcanic eruptions and the meteorite impact.—
David Bressan,
Forbes,
23 Dec. 2024
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The structure of these molecules changes depending on the temperature of the environment the bacteria once lived in.—
David Bressan,
Forbes,
23 Dec. 2024
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Whole grains like wheat and oats as well as pseudograins like quinoa.—
Christina Pérez,
Vogue,
23 Dec. 2024
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Sources of magnesium include whole grains, leafy greens, nuts, seeds, and legumes.—
Chelsea Rae Bourgeois, RDN,
Health,
23 Dec. 2024
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The number of ads displayed has grown, the way Google ranks content is constantly changing to provide a better user experience, and rich snippets of text from websites began appearing in result pages several years ago.—
Nick Brown,
Forbes,
3 Jan. 2025
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Her videos feature game-day glam transformations and snippets from her performances alongside her teammates on the field.—
Skyler Caruso,
People.com,
2 Jan. 2025
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“Atoms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/atoms. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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