Can You Keep Zooming In Infinitely?

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Here’s what happens when you just keep zooming in. Use code veritasium at https://incogni.com/veritasium to get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan. In 2025, we launched the Elements of Truth game on Kickstarter and were thrilled by the response. We’re now in the final stages of production, with Kickstarter rewards shipping soon. If you missed the campaign, you can now pre-order the retail edition through our new website here -https://ve42.co/SeeingAtomsDes A big thank you to Magnus Garbrecht from the University of Sydney for showing us around the lab and for his feedback on the script. Special thanks to Quentin Ramasse for his expertise on the video. Sign up to the Veritasium newsletter for weekly science updates - https://ve42.co/Newsletter ▀▀▀ 0:00 Why is it hard to see atoms? 2:12 How does an electron microscope work? 4:09 Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) 5:11 Spherical Aberration 8:55 Field Ion Microscope 11:05 Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope (STEM) 13:24 Probe microscopes 14:02 An unlikely solution 18:08 Seeing atoms ▀▀▀ Join us on Patreon for early access videos, bonus content, and to support Veritasium! https://ve42.co/PatreonDE Adam Foreman, Albert Wenger, Alexander Tamas, Anton Ragin, Autodidactic Studios, Bertrand Serlet, Blake Byers, Bruce, Dave Kircher, David Johnston, Evgeny Skvortsov, Garrett Mueller, Gnare, gpoly, Greg Scopel, Juan Benet, Keith England, KeyWestr, Kyi, Lee Redden, Marinus Kuivenhoven, Matthias Wrobel, Meekay

Published 2025-02-05 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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