The First Image Ever of a Hydrogen Atom’s Orbital Structure
By George Dvorsky from io9.com: What you’re looking at is the first direct observation of an atom’s electron orbital — an atom’s actual wave function! To capture the image, researchers utilized a new quantum microscope — an incredible new device that literally allows scientists to gaze into the quantum realm. An orbital structure is the space […]
IBM Manipulates Atoms to Create the ‘World’s Smallest Movie’
By Pete Pachal from Mashable.com: IBM has created a short film where the actors are actually individual atoms. A Boy and His Atom would be just like any number of unremarkable animated shorts were it not for the fact that it’s only visible if you use a microscope that enlarges the action by 100 million times. […]