Special relativity can warp chemical bonds – now we’ve seen it happen. An experiment with a charged molecule of bismuth and carbon reveals how effects from Albert Einstein’s special relativity reshape the standard understanding of chemical bonds
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Trechos de apoio da pauta: In some heavy atoms, like those of bismuth (pictured in crystalline form), electrons move at relativistic speedssavva_25/Shutterstock Albert Einstein’s theory of special relativity can reshape chemical bonds within molecules, and researchers have just seen it happen for the first time. The theory of special relativity describes how moving at speeds close to the speed of light would affect travellers’ experience of space and time.
- Ponto de atenção: special.
- Ponto de atenção: relativity.
- Ponto de atenção: warp.
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