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The recombination of electron shells in molecules, taking just a few dozen attoseconds (a billionth of a billionth of a second) can now be viewed 'live,' thanks to a new method. The recombination of ...

The hyperfine structure of radium monofluoride has been measured by researchers in the US and elsewhere with such precision ...

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