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The lithium atom has a nucleus which contains seven protons and four electrons which bind the protons together. Around the nucleus pulsate three more orbital electrons.

Lithium is a blessing nearly as old as time itself. Immediately after the Big Bang, the universe was a dark and roiling plasma, ... a lone lithium atom would pop into existence.

The lithium atoms are first cooled down to near absolute zero using lasers. They are trapped in an optical lattice but given enough time to turn into a localized wave packet.

Interaction energies of an offset Li atom inside the C N fullerenes (N = 20, 28, 32, 36, 44, 50, 60, 80, and 120) with respect to the radial offset distance η from the center of the fullerenes. Image ...