The Briefing Room
General Category => Science, Technology and Knowledge => Topic started by: rangerrebew on September 17, 2017, 12:01:15 pm
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6 September 2017
What if the diminutive electron isn’t as small as it gets?
ONE in three people reading these words will do so on a device powered by electrons. To make that possible, we go to incredible lengths: generating electrons in vast power stations, stringing cables across the countryside to bear them to us, and installing sockets in the walls of every room. In short, we depend on them – which makes it a shade embarrassing that we don’t fully grasp what they are.
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23531420-700-matter-mystery-why-do-particles-come-in-flavours/