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- noun Plural form of
superatom .
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A.team led by A. Welford Castleman Jr., the Eberly Distinguished Chair in Science and Evan Pugh Professor in the departments of chemistry and physics, has "squished together" cheaper base elements into molecules known as superatoms that have "the electronic signatures" of more expensive, or more exotic, atoms or elements.
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'superatoms' with magnetic properties for the first time, a breakthrough that could be used to make "spintronic devices", faster computer processors and denser memory storage.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009
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But if rotating superatoms can act like black holes, wouldn't that imply that with superstoms, even quantum mechanics can break down, as noted in this Wikipedia article: Most physicists believe that quantum mechanics provides a correct description for the physical world under almost all circumstances.
Quantum Behavior of 'Superatoms'? Horace Jeffery Hodges 2005
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Earlier experiments by other researchers have hinted that aluminum superatoms react with single molecules of water vapor.
Latest Science News Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, Articles and Book Reviews Science News 2010
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Russia vs Apophis, steady CO2 absorption, superatoms mimic real ones cheaply
WN.com - Articles related to Weather eye: The Sun may have had the strangest weather of last year 2010
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Russia vs Apophis, steady CO2 absorption, superatoms mimic real ones cheaply
WN.com - Articles related to NASA Partners with Saudi Arabia on Moon and Asteroid Research 2010
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Russia vs Apophis, steady CO2 absorption, superatoms mimic real ones cheaply
WN.com - Articles related to NASA Partners with Saudi Arabia on Moon and Asteroid Research 2010
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Lower Montney mach effect magnetic resonance force microscopy magnetic superatoms magnets manufacturing
Next Big Future 2009
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NEW DELHI: Computers may soon become faster, smaller and more powerful as scientists said they have discovered magnetic superatoms which can provide a way to design novel nano-scale structures.
The Economic Times 2009
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Magnetic superatoms may also have potential biomedical applications such as sensing, imaging and drug delivery.
The Economic Times 2009
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