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
Neutrinos, which are nearly massless and almost undetectable, come in three types and can morph from one to another as they zip along at light speed.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 8, 2023
It’s an esoteric search with very real implications—if just one parameter of the Higgs were positive instead of negative, for instance, atoms would have never formed because massless electrons would never stay in their orbit.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 28, 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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