Sentences with phrase «size as an atom»

It has the same attractive force as potassium and has the same size as an atom of rubidium.

Not exact matches

The observatories are designed to detect changes as small as a hundred millionth the size of a hydrogen atom.

Modern physics is built on such numbers as the speed of light (c); the charge of an electron (e); and the quantum of action (h), which determines the sizes of atoms.

But the large size difference between the tip and the sample causes resolution difficulties — if we were to imagine that a single atom was the same size as a head of a pin, then the tip of the microscope would be as large as the Empire State Building.

At smaller size and length scales in nature, however, such as those involving atoms and photons and their behaviors, classical physics falls short.

Opening and closing an atom - sized valve may be as simple as turning on a light.

When we science writers describe string theory, we usually trot out something like this: The theory defines the fundamental constituents of physical reality not as minuscule particles but as shimmying strands of energy less than a trillionth of a trillionth the size of an atom.

Princeton University researchers have built a rice grain - sized laser powered by single electrons tunneling through artificial atoms known as quantum dots.

«Our approach provides atom - by - atom control of the size and electron - by - electron control of the charge state of metal clusters on surfaces,» said Dr. Grant Johnson, a physical chemist involved in the study and former Linus Pauling Fellow who recently joined the Laboratory as a full - time scientist.

Methods: Diphenylphosphine ligands, which consist of two phenyl (C6H5) substituted phosphorus centers separated by a carbon chain of variable length, produce gold clusters with extremely narrow distributions in size; that is, the synthesis route produces a large quantity of clusters with the same number of gold atoms as well as a small number of clusters with similar numbers of atoms.

Fortunately for Routh, he's recently found success among fans on CW's Arrow and The Flash as the size - changing scientist Ray Palmer / the Atom — a role which he continues to play in CW's new team show DC's Legends of Tomorrow.

Pym, it turns out, years before created a particle that allows him to change the distance between atoms, essentially allowing the person to shrink themselves down to the size of an ant, but retaining the strength they did as a full - sized person.

Objectives covered include: - structure of the atom - relative size and charges of components of the atom - definition of isotopes (includes a table for students to complete as an activity - answers provided)- comparing the three types of radioactive decay.

«The kids who think more concretely think about it as an issue of size, like atoms are small, but bonds are even smaller, which is kind of accurate.

The information that the processor manufacturer Intel have leaked for the Toshiba Encore 2 Write tablets, is that they have quad - core Intel Atom Z3735 processors, runs Windows 8.1, comes in the two sizes 8 - inch and 10.1 - inch, are equipped with a 1.2 MP front camera and a 8MP rear camera, and have some kind of digitizer or pen support, with support for TrueCapture as well.

As seen in the original teaser trailer, Atom's size - changing abilities give him great evasion and movement.

Darkseid, Red Hood, Starfire, Black Manta, Enchantress, and The Atom all feel like unique additions to the fold, with the size - changing Atom, in particular, being a real hoot to play as.

In particular, nonphysicists are restricted to the «human scale» whilst physicists can mentally inhabit spaces the size of the universe and spaces many orders of magnitude smaller than atoms just as easily.

With similar masses, the atoms can hold similar amounts of heat just as similar sized cups can hold the same amount of boiling water.

Just a month after a science fiction writer speculated on storage devices the size of a grain of sand comes news from the magazine Science of developments in magnetic anisotropy that could eventually be used to store information in individual atoms, paving the way to pack as much as 150 trillion bits of data per square inch, 1,000 times more than current data storage densities.

While the 10.8 - inch display features the same 3:2 aspect ratio as its larger brother, internally it is getting a new quad - core Intel Atom «Cherry Trail» SoC and up to 4 GB of RAM, while keeping features like the full - sized USB port that makes the Surface line so versatile.

As far as the specifications are concerned, the Laval Iris Atom 2X sports a TFT screen of size 4.5 inches supporting 854 x 480 pixels (FWVGA) resolutioAs far as the specifications are concerned, the Laval Iris Atom 2X sports a TFT screen of size 4.5 inches supporting 854 x 480 pixels (FWVGA) resolutioas the specifications are concerned, the Laval Iris Atom 2X sports a TFT screen of size 4.5 inches supporting 854 x 480 pixels (FWVGA) resolution.