Scientists in Germany have claimed the most precise measurement yet of the mass of the electron, saying it's a 13-fold improvement in accuracy on previous attempts. Using a device called a Penning trap, they weighed a single electron bound to a carbon nucleus whose mass was already known. The result? Their election has 0.000548579909067 of an atomic mass unit - the standard measurement unit for particles.

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