Quantum, Relativity & Forces Explained | Pixelated Physics

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A doughnut-shaped tokamak wrapped in magnet coils with a glowing violet plasma ring inside

How Does a Tokamak Work? Fusion in a Magnetic B...

To fuse hydrogen on Earth you need a gas at well over 100 million degrees, and no material wall can touch it. A tokamak solves this with a doughnut of...

How Does a Tokamak Work? Fusion in a Magnetic B...

To fuse hydrogen on Earth you need a gas at well over 100 million degrees, and no material wall can touch it. A tokamak solves this with a doughnut of...

A charged particle's glowing helical path wound around a magnetic field line under an aurora

Why Do Charged Particles Spiral in a Magnetic F...

A magnetic field pushes a moving charge sideways, never forwards, so the charge curves into a circle, or a helix if it also drifts along the field. The time per...

Why Do Charged Particles Spiral in a Magnetic F...

A magnetic field pushes a moving charge sideways, never forwards, so the charge curves into a circle, or a helix if it also drifts along the field. The time per...