Scientist takes photo of a single atom with a regular digital camera.
Soul Dr.
Loc: Beautiful Shenandoah Valley
Hal81
Loc: Bucks County, Pa.
I knew we could do it. Our scientist are the best in the world. Take that China.
Hal81 wrote:
I knew we could do it. Our scientist are the best in the world. Take that China.
I take it you're from the UK....where the university and the scientist who accomplished this is located.
"A student at the University of Oxford is being celebrated in the world of science photography for capturing a single, floating atom with an ordinary camera.
Using long exposure, PhD candidate David Nadlinger took a photo of a glowing atom in an intricate web of laboratory machinery."
ricardo7
Loc: Washington, DC - Santiago, Chile
If the electrodes are 2 mm apart, that is one gigantic atom.
Atoms are measured in angstroms.
abc1234
Loc: Elk Grove Village, Illinois
Hal81 wrote:
I knew we could do it. Our scientist are the best in the world. Take that China.
Do not be too sure of that anymore. You ought to worry about the current brain drain. Your grammar is certainly not exactly world-class either.
Only one atom? He has a way to go. My photos usually depict trillions of atoms.... :-)
Don’t be too accepting of the claim. What was visualized was a regional photo-emittive effect of a stimulated single atom. Surely a remarlable achievement, but NOT, in any way, visualization of the atom itself.
Dave
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