massless
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Among them are massless spin waves similar to graphene's electron waves, as well as low dispersion bands associated with localized states and even topological effects that span multiple bands.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 8, 2026
At first, they were predicted to be massless, but now scientists know they must have nonzero mass.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 7, 2023
The nearly massless particles change type as they fly, so an electron neutrino from the Sun can turn into another variety before reaching Earth.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 11, 2023
Posting publicly on Twitter, TikTok, YouTube, or Instagram is a lot like using a megaphone to scream to a large, massless, faceless crowd.
From Slate ● Nov. 30, 2022
The electromagnetic attraction is pictured as being caused by the exchange of large numbers of virtual massless particles of spin 1, called photons.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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