Nuclear fusion involves joining two or more atoms into a larger atom.

核聚变涉及到将两个或多个原子聚合成一个较重原子。

They make up the neutrons and protons found inside atoms.

它们构成了原子中的中子和质子。

We call the bonds between these atoms covalent bonds.

我们将这些原子之间的键称作共价键。

It's no bigger than five hundred, or a thousand hydrogen atoms, the smallest atom.

它的体积还比不上五百个或一千个最小的原子——氢原子。

Size ratio was all wrong. Couldn't visualize it. Needed bigger carbon atoms.

体积比错得一塌糊涂 我不能把它们具象化 我要找更大的碳原子。

By analyzing the individual atoms, Marcus can determine where the carbon dioxide comes from.

通过分析单个原子，马库斯可以确定二氧化碳的来源。

And atoms themselves are mostly empty space…

而原子本身大部分都是空隙。

But these carbon atoms are completely surrounded by the hydrogen atoms.

但是这些碳原子完全被氢原子包围着。

It involves smashing light atoms together, so they fuse, and harnessing the energy this releases.

原理是让轻原子相撞后融合在一起，然后利用融合释放的能量。

We're talking two or more atoms being fused together to form a larger one.

我们谈论的是两个或更多的原子发生聚变，形成一个更大的原子。

But these machines can only construct gold atom by atom.

进而产生宇宙中的金。

Way, way in, and look at their individual atoms.

要放得很大很大才行，且要观察它们各自的原子。

The most widely used atomic clocks use cesium atoms.

最广泛使用的原子钟使用铯原子。

The atomic transistor works, as its name suggests, by shuffling individual atoms around within the device.

原子晶体管的工作方式就像它名字所示的那样，是通过移动该元件内部的单个原子进行工作的。

It could also pick up atoms with its tip.

它也可以用尖端拾取原子。

Then tiny molecular strands, just 192 atoms long, assembled themselves around the ions.

然后，只有192原子长的小分子链围绕金属离子聚集起来。

Water is made out of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom.

水分子由两个氢原子和一个氧原子构成。

Electrons are one of the three particles that make up atoms.

电子是构成原子的三种粒子之一。

In their core, nuclear fusion crushes hydrogen atoms into helium releasing a tremendous amount of energy.

在恒星中心，核聚变使氢原子压缩成氦原子，并释放出巨大的能量。

Before AI entered the scene, scientists used experimental techniques to map proteins atom by atom.

在人工智能出现之前，科学家们使用实验技术逐个原子地绘制蛋白质图谱。