{
  "id": 3966172,
  "title": "Light reveals internal motion in electron crystals and can trigger their melting",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/light-reveals-internal-motion-in-electron-crystals-and-can-trigger",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-28T13:00:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-08-reveals-internal-motion-electron-crystals.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Electrons, particles that carry a negative electric charge, typically move through materials. At low densities and temperatures, however, the electrical repulsion between them can overpower their tendency to move, prompting them to arrange themselves into ordered patterns known as Wigner crystals.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}