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fromwww.nature.com
3 days ago
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Structural modifications in strain-engineered bilayer nickelate thin films

High-temperature superconductivity in La3Ni2O7 is influenced by nickel-oxygen bonding, with atomic-scale structural changes being crucial for understanding this phenomenon.
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fromwww.scientificamerican.com
2 months ago

February 2026: Science history from 50, 100 and 150 years ago

Highly excited atoms with very large principal quantum numbers can expand to sizes comparable to bacteria and lie on the verge of ionization.
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fromBig Think
6 months ago

The "atom" lost its original meaning, and that's good for science

Atoms consist of smaller particles—electrons, nuclei, protons, neutrons, quarks, and gluons—and the historical term "atom" retained its name while its meaning evolved with scientific knowledge.
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