Wednesday, September 2, 2009

The universe in a grain of sand

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Scientists at IBM used an Atomic Force Misroscope to image the atoms making up a single molecule. Pictured is a a molecule of Pentacine (no, i dont what it's found in either) made up of 22 carbon atoms and 14 hydrogen atoms. The image shows 5 carbon rings encircled by lighter hydrogen atoms. Cool.
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Found at Disinfo
IBM press release
Photo Copyright IBM Research Zurich

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