TL;DR: Nuclear waste is a material whose atoms have destabilised. Certain types will far outlive our species, and we currently have nowhere it put it.…
TL;DR: Atoms form molecules by donating or sharing electrons, which binds them together like magnets. This creates a prodigious variety of new substances out of…
The double slit experiment is the most famous experiment in quantum mechanics. It shows that quantum mechanical sized particles (e.g. particles that are even smaller than…
When we think of the word 'universe', we should probably think of hydrogen. Hydrogen is a colourless, odourless, tasteless, but highly flammable gas. It's the…
Carbon atoms have a really special property. They can form the backbone of long, complex molecules, and this is where chemistry gets really interesting. They…