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  1. ⚛️🐈 Why do electron shells exist?
    (And why atoms are mostly space ☕)
    Electrons don’t orbit like tiny planets.
    They settle into stable boundary states — natural energy “resting places” defined by wave structure, geometry, and constraint.
    No mysticism. No hand-waving.
    Just physics doing what physics always does:
    ➡️ minimise instability
    ➡️ respect boundaries
    ➡️ jump only when enough energy is supplied
    Those famous “quantum jumps”?
    They’re not mysterious leaps — they’re boundary crossings.
    This is why:
    ✨ electron levels are discrete
    ✨ tunnelling works
    ✨ atoms don’t collapse
    ✨ matter is ~99% empty space
    Nature solved this long ago.
    We’re just learning to listen rather than shout.
    Marvin is watching.
    Tea is still warm.
    Curiosity continues. ☕🐾
    #QuantumPhysics #ElectronShells #BoundaryConditions
    #PhysicsExplained #Curiosity #ScienceCommunication
    #QuantumMechanics #MarvinTheCat #ListenToNature

  2. The community of researchers and industrial users of #SmoothedParticleHydrodynamics is represented by #SPHERIC, an #ERCOFTAC #SIG with the objective of fostering the development of the method and its adoption <spheric-sph.org>.
    #SPHERIC defined 5 #GrandChallenges for #SPH:
    GC1: #convergence, #consistency and #stability
    GC2: #BoundaryConditions
    GC3: #adaptivity
    GC4: Coupling to other models
    GC5: Applicability to #industry