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particle
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particle noun atom, bit, component part, crumb, cutting, fragment, grain, granule, hint, mite, modicum, moiety, molecule, morsel, piece, pittance, point, scintilla, snippet, speck, spot, suggestion, trace
See also: constituent, element, iota, minimum, modicum, part, portion, scintilla


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Result: Each atom's center, or nucleus, splits and releases smaller, subatomic particles.
Quantum cryptography depends on a defining discovery in physics: that subatomic particles can exist in multiple states at once until something interacts with them.
For the first time, scientists could predict what types of subatomic particles would result from high-energy collisions, he notes.
 
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