Latest about electrons
Missing Electrons in the Atmosphere Possibly Found
The mysterious disappearance of electrons in the atmosphere could be caused by meteors burning up in the sky, new research suggests.
Weird Reason Plutonium Doesn't Act Like Other Metals
Plutonium is a metal, but it won't stick to a magnet, puzzling scientists for decades. Now researchers may have found this "missing magnetism."
Inside Look at How Batteries Work (Infographic)
Typical batteries are powered by a chemical reaction.
Electrons' Split 'Personalities' Help Solve Physics Mystery
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.
Hark, Quarks! Strange Tiny Particles Loom Large in New Study
A phenomenon first seen decades ago and revisited in a new experiment involving quarks could extend one of the most successful theories in physics.
Electron Appears Spherical, Squashing Hopes for New Physics Theories
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
