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![layers of Earth's atmosphere](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RskdAt4kmNxfpY9Bx2f8Rb-320-80.jpg)
Missing Electrons in the Atmosphere Possibly Found
By Tia Ghose published
The mysterious disappearance of electrons in the atmosphere could be caused by meteors burning up in the sky, new research suggests.
![A plutonium pellet.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5rw4vU9wkZwoRkYX43eJn3-320-80.jpg)
Weird Reason Plutonium Doesn't Act Like Other Metals
By Jesse Emspak published
Plutonium is a metal, but it won't stick to a magnet, puzzling scientists for decades. Now researchers may have found this "missing magnetism."
![Diagram shows how batteries work.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JqBpYYehGpd8RDyz7ZahcV-320-80.jpg)
Inside Look at How Batteries Work (Infographic)
By Karl Tate published
Typical batteries are powered by a chemical reaction.
![An atom with electrons swirling around its center](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/egY3fXQLmNhnCqeMUSJgRf-320-80.jpg)
Electrons' Split 'Personalities' Help Solve Physics Mystery
By Jesse Emspak published
Electrons have split personalities depending on how many of them are around, suggests new research that may solve a physics mystery about electrical currents in superconductors.
![Fundamental particles called quarks come in six different flavors. Protons are made of two up quarks and one down quark, while neutrons contain two down quarks and one up quark.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/a3h4gtFZTtDaG6Lp9J4UUn-320-80.jpg)
Hark, Quarks! Strange Tiny Particles Loom Large in New Study
By Jesse Emspak published
A phenomenon first seen decades ago and revisited in a new experiment involving quarks could extend one of the most successful theories in physics.
![recents tests cast doubt on supersymmetry](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2hRktTKgqZBrbxwoN5pmEU-320-80.jpg)
Electron Appears Spherical, Squashing Hopes for New Physics Theories
By Clara Moskowitz published
The most precise measurement yet of the electron’s shape casts doubt on ideas such as supersymmetry that predict a zoo of undetected particles in the universe
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