The word atom comes from Latin for indivisible. But don't let the name fool you. A simulation by US theoretical physicists ...

A central tenet of quantum physics is that energy comes in indivisible packets called quanta. Quanta behave very differently to macroscopic matter: particles can behave like waves, and waves ...

When Donald Trump claimed US scientists split the atom in his inaugural speech ... name being derived from the Ancient Greek word for indivisible. In 1803, John Dalton's atomic theory brought ...