Can someone explain what the various parts of this picture of atoms are?
They say it’s a picture of atoms, but what are the atoms: the glowing yellow balls or the entire meatball including the darker red? If it’s the meatballs, then why do some have apparently two nuclei?
Here’s the public press release: news.cornell.edu/…/cornell-researchers-see-atoms-…
Here’s the actual scientific article: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abg2533
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