I keep coming back to a strange idea: what if everything we know about quantum physics is already encoded inside a single atom? Not in a mystical sense, but in the very real way that one tiny system ...

Scientists have found a way to use light to control and read tiny quantum states inside atom-thin materials. The simple ...

This image depicts the radium atom’s pear-shaped nucleus of protons and neutrons in the center, surrounded by a cloud of electrons (yellow), and an electron (yellow ball with arrow) that has a ...

What is an atom? 4:44 - Louis de Broglie's wave concept 6:28 - Explanation of electromagnetic force 8:35 - Explanation of strong force and color charges 12:33 - Explanation of weak force 14:58 - Why ...