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  "id": 15774182,
  "title": "Individual atomic collisions can now be detected in the lab, potentially opening up pathways to new physics",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/individual-atomic-collisions-can-now-be-detected-in-the-lab",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-20T17:10:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-individual-atomic-collisions-lab-potentially.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Tiny atoms and molecules are constantly bombarding each other all around us. While we regularly measure the large-scale effects of these interactions, measuring the effect of each individual collision is far more difficult. But now, researchers have managed to measure how tiny gas particles affect a single silica particle in the lab. In their new study, published in Physical Review Letters, the…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}