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Molecules Spontaneously Form Honycomb
Science Daily is reporting that University of California Researchers have discovered a new process in which molecules assemble into complex patterns without any outside guidance. From the article: "Spreading anthraquinone, a common and inexpensive chemical, on to a flat copper surface, Greg Pawin, a chemistry graduate student working in the laboratory of Ludwig Bartels, associate professor of chemistry, observed the spontaneous formation of a two-dimensional honeycomb network comprised of anthraquinone molecules."
Honeycombs Big?
Almost good enough spelling for Digg.
AT&ROFLMAO
As cool as this is, what part of this is "news?"
You must have missed this part:
Obviously this is big news to farmers who raise little tiny chickens.
"Spreading water, an inexpensive and common chemical, on to a flat surface, Dan East, a Slashdot reader with Excellent Karma, observed the spontaneous creation of individual droplets as the molecules self-organized themselves to form larger complex structures."
Dan East
Better known as 318230.