Quantum, Relativity & Forces Explained | Pixelated Physics

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Pixel-art chamber where six red laser beams cross in three opposed pairs on a glowing cloud of cold atoms, the optical molasses of laser cooling

Laser Cooling: How Light Chills Atoms Near Abso...

Shining a laser at something usually warms it. Tuned just right, laser light can instead slow atoms from hundreds of metres per second to a few centimetres per second, cooling...

Laser Cooling: How Light Chills Atoms Near Abso...

Shining a laser at something usually warms it. Tuned just right, laser light can instead slow atoms from hundreds of metres per second to a few centimetres per second, cooling...

Pixel-art Bohr atom with a nucleus, three nested orbits, an electron on the outer orbit and a red photon trail, titled Said nothing clearly, explained everything

The Bohr Model: How Hydrogen's Light Was Decoded

In 1913 Niels Bohr explained hydrogen's spectral lines with two bold rules. Here is how the Bohr model works, the numbers it gets exactly right, and the places where it...

The Bohr Model: How Hydrogen's Light Was Decoded

In 1913 Niels Bohr explained hydrogen's spectral lines with two bold rules. Here is how the Bohr model works, the numbers it gets exactly right, and the places where it...

Blank glowing gem blocks arranged in the shape of the periodic table, with a glowing atom in front

Why Does the Periodic Table Have the Shape It D...

The periodic table is not a random grid. Its rows hold 2, 8, 8, 18, 18, 32 and 32 elements because electrons fill shells and subshells, and the Pauli exclusion...

Why Does the Periodic Table Have the Shape It D...

The periodic table is not a random grid. Its rows hold 2, 8, 8, 18, 18, 32 and 32 elements because electrons fill shells and subshells, and the Pauli exclusion...