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Single molecule's stunning image
BBC ^
| 8/28/09
| Jason Palmer
Posted on 08/28/2009 7:48:11 AM PDT by sig226
The detailed chemical structure of a single molecule has been imaged for the first time, say researchers. The physical shape of single carbon nanotubes has been outlined before, using similar techniques - but the new method even shows up chemical bonds.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: science; stringtheory
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08/28/2009 7:48:12 AM PDT
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sig226
To: sig226
Even the bonds to the hydrogen atoms at the pentacene's periphery can be seen
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posted on
08/28/2009 7:49:18 AM PDT
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sig226
(Real power is not the ability to destroy an enemy. It is the willingness to do it.)
To: sig226
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posted on
08/28/2009 7:50:48 AM PDT
by
Zathras
To: sig226
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posted on
08/28/2009 7:53:27 AM PDT
by
domenad
(In all things, in all ways, at all times, let honor guide me.)
To: sig226
Dr. Egon Spengler: There's something very important I forgot to tell you.
Dr. Peter Venkman: What?
Dr. Egon Spengler: Don't cross the streams.
Dr. Peter Venkman: Why?
Dr. Egon Spengler: It would be bad.
Dr. Peter Venkman: I'm a little fuzzy on the whole "good/bad" thing here. What do you mean, "bad"?
Dr. Egon Spengler: Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light.
Dr. Ray Stantz: Total protonic reversal!
Dr. Peter Venkman: That's bad. Okay. All right, important safety tip. Thanks, Egon.
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posted on
08/28/2009 7:54:36 AM PDT
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Alex Murphy
(One man, alone! Betrayed by the country he loves, now its last hope in their final hour of need!)
To: sig226
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posted on
08/28/2009 7:55:25 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
("...... we are about to be czarred and fettered." ~ alterum ictum faciam.)
To: sig226
C
22H
14 Each of the 5 hexagons is a ring of 6 carbon atoms (some shared between rings). A hydrogen atom is attached at each of the external points - 4 on each end ring and 2 on each internal ring.
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posted on
08/28/2009 7:56:05 AM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
("I can run wild for six months ...after that, I have no expectation of success" - Admiral Obama-moto)
To: Alex Murphy
“Don’t look into the trap, Ray.”
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posted on
08/28/2009 7:57:35 AM PDT
by
paulycy
(Screw the RACErs.)
To: KarlInOhio
Each of the 5 hexagons is a ring of 6 carbon atoms (some shared between rings). A hydrogen atom is attached at each of the external points - 4 on each end ring and 2 on each internal ring. So you say, but can you prove it?
To: sig226
How did you get a picture of my Chicklet teeth?
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posted on
08/28/2009 7:58:58 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(It's Claire Wolfe Time.)
To: sig226; SunkenCiv; KevinDavis
no way!
That is cool.
Thats a good level of detail for something smaller than light!
Now if someone could tell us what are the white and dark spaces? =o)
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posted on
08/28/2009 7:59:02 AM PDT
by
GeronL
(Liberalism: The gift that keeps on taking ... .. http://tyrannysentinel.blogspot.com)
To: sig226
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posted on
08/28/2009 7:59:27 AM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Barack Obama is a political suicide bomber and the Rats are political arsonists.)
To: sig226
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posted on
08/28/2009 7:59:49 AM PDT
by
listenhillary
(We became community organizers and Obama and the Statists get p*ssed off at us?)
To: KarlInOhio
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posted on
08/28/2009 8:00:08 AM PDT
by
GeronL
(Liberalism: The gift that keeps on taking ... .. http://tyrannysentinel.blogspot.com)
To: Alex Murphy
God I forgot how much I loved that movie! LOL
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posted on
08/28/2009 8:00:10 AM PDT
by
autumnraine
(You can't fix stupid, but you can vote it out!)
To: sig226
My question is, how did they get the molecule to stay still?
Usually, my molecules keep pouncing, or jumping at strings, or stalking a shadow.
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posted on
08/28/2009 8:00:59 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(It's Claire Wolfe Time.)
To: sig226
For some reason, I’m reminded of Jane Mansfield.
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posted on
08/28/2009 8:01:32 AM PDT
by
P.O.E.
(Fish rot from the head down.)
To: sig226
Separated at birth?
To: Alex Murphy
“The next time somebody asks you if you are a god, you say yes.”
I loved that line.
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posted on
08/28/2009 8:03:11 AM PDT
by
Tenacious 1
(Government For the People - an obviously concealed oxymoron)
To: sig226
What is the significance of this? Its very interesting but why all the excitement?
Is it because its so incredibly small and never before been seen (imaged)?
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posted on
08/28/2009 8:07:10 AM PDT
by
envisio
(Foxtrot Yankee Bravo Oscar)
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