Oh, come on now. Next you'll tell me this photo of donutium is fake.
Posted on 02/17/2018 5:06:52 AM PST by Leaning Right
One of the strangest things about the gorgeous photo of an atom that has just won a British science photography prize is that you cannot take a photo of an atom. It is just impossible.
And yet, there it is, a strontium atom, like a little round dot, shining clear as day. The image is called “Single Atom in an Ion Trap.”
(Excerpt) Read more at nationalpost.com ...
Haa
Sounds like a type of fluorescence. I’m interested in the electron trap...
“The article from the source states that the electrode tips are 2 cm apart.”
2 cm is ~ 3/4 of an inch so the dot is millions of times larger than a single atom. IMO seeing the glow from a single atom is not the same as seeing the atom itself. Besides, how do we know the dot is from one atom and not a cluster of many?
Photoshop
Oh, come on now. Next you'll tell me this photo of donutium is fake.
The link below shows much better pictures of atoms in molecules.
https://www.quora.com/What-are-some-of-the-best-actual-images-of-real-atoms-and-molecules
Okay, but I'm not a guy. ;)
Yes, it is basically fluorescence.
I don’t know how the electron trap would work.
Well, thank you so much!
I'm a biochemist, so my knowledge of physics can pretty much be described as "Run to Red!" (So I remember which electrode to plug in on which end of the electrophoresis box when I am separating biological molecules.) Also, I do need some understanding of fluorescence and luminescence since both phenomena are used to detect biochemical reactions.
I'll never forget the time I had the night shift and the guy who was on night shift with me, upon finding out I am a scientist, asked me to explain the theory of relativity to him. Because all scientists have exactly the same knowledge set, right?
Ok ‘Little Miss Smarter Than the Rest of Us Pants’.
> I’ll never forget the time I had the night shift and the guy who was on night shift with me, upon finding out I am a scientist, asked me to explain the theory of relativity to him. Because all scientists have exactly the same knowledge set, right? <
Interesting that you should mention that. I’ve taught Relativity. And my friends ask me to tutor their kids in Biology (of which I know next to nothing).
We don't see the stars either, except by their light.
A star a million miles wide, at a distance of a 10 light years, would seem about as wide as a basketball 10,000 miles away.
Lol.
Interesting. Looks very similar to one of the prescription meds I take.
Doesn’t look like strontium to me...I thought strontium was a littler shorter and had darker hair...
It’s 2 millimeters, not centimeters.
Neva mix da pasta wid da antipasta, eh? (BOOM!)
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