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  Quantum tunnelling

  Quantum tunnelling (or tunneling) is the quantum-mechanical effect of transitioning through a classically-forbidden energy state. Consider rolling a ball up a hill. If the ball is not given enough ... > more
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  Nanoparticle

  A nanoparticle (or nanopowder or nanocluster or nanocrystal) is a microscopic particle with at least one dimension less than 100 nm. Nanoparticle research is currently an area of intense scientific ... > more
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  Isotope

  Isotopes are forms of an element whose nuclei have the same atomic number–-the number of protons in the nucleus--but different mass numbers because they contain different numbers of ... > more
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  Nature of Water
  Inorganic Chemistry
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  Lanthanum

  Lanthanum is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol La and atomic number ... > more
• Nature of Water
  Thermodynamics
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  Evaporation

  Evaporation is one of the two forms of vaporization. It is the process whereby atoms or molecules in a liquid state (or solid state if the substance sublimes) gain sufficient energy to enter the ... > more
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  Isaac Newton

  Sir Isaac Newton, PRS, (4 January [O.S. 25 December 1642] 1643 to 31 March [O.S. 20 March] 1727) was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, alchemist, inventor and natural philosopher who ... > more
• Nature of Water
  Inorganic Chemistry
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  Helium

  Helium is a chemical element that has the symbol He, is colorless, odorless, tasteless, non-toxic, and nearly inert monatomic that heads the noble gas series in the periodic ... > more
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  Teleportation

  Teleportation, or teletransportation, is the alleged process of moving objects from one place to another more or less instantaneously, without using conventional transportation. With present ... > more
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  Hafnium

  Hafnium is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Hf and atomic number 72. A lustrous, silvery gray tetravalent transition metal, hafnium resembles zirconium chemically and is ... > more
• Energy and the Environment
  Solar Energy
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  Solar panel

  Solar panels are devices for capturing the energy in sunlight. The term solar panel can be applied to either solar hot water panels (usually used for providing domestic hot water) or solar ... > more

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