Atomic nucleus, not electron

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Correction: The article "Super-fast super-sensitive detectors" in the September issue of symmetry should have read "Particle detectors have evolved from simple foil-covered plates, used by Ernest Rutherford to discover the atomic nucleus in 1911," rather than the mention of the discovery of the electron.

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