[thefactor]

of course i do not understand the implications for this, but i know it's pretty cool stuff.

what would be the practical implications for this type of technology?

[thefactor]

please change the title to read “Electron” please. duh!

[DManA]

an electron to circle the nucleus

Do they really orbit the nucleus? I thought it was more of a probabilistic buzzing.

[VRWCmember]

One atom told the other “I just lost an electron”.
The second atom said “Are you sure?”
The first atom replied, “Yeah, I’m positive.”

[theFIRMbss]

>what would be the practical implications for this type of technology?

When electrons know
that they're going to be filmed
they will start dressing

in skimpy clothing
and dancing hot and sexy.
It's just another

example of how
media-centric living
corrupts every where.

[ElkGroveDan]

As they say on the teacher sex discussion: “This thread is useless without pictures.”

http://www.livescience.com/php/video/player.php?video_id=080222-ElectronRide

[Ultra Sonic 007]

Ping of interest!

[xJones]

This sounds fascinating, and maybe we can get some knowledgeable types in here. Nobody jump on my ignorance, but what (if anything) does this mean for the uncertainty principle?

[BlueStateBlues]

Thanks for the news and thread. I love science data, and the faster and smaller and more far-out the data the better.

I would assume that a photograph of an electron would crash the wave function, then a attosecond later it would be a wave again. Would this work out in the “real world” aspects of wave/particle theory?

[SampleMan]

What’s the shutter speed for that?

[Mr. Jeeves]

An attosecond is 10-18 seconds long...

That's "ten to the negative 18th power", to clarify. ;)

[HoustonTech]

The next thing will be electro-porn.

[RightWhale]

The title is no more true now than when the article was posted before.