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Molecules Spontaneously Form Honycomb

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the just-a-push-in-the-right-direction dept.

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."

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  1. first post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    f p

  2. What if Bush perpetrated 9/11 himself? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Wow this is just amazing...
    http://home.comcast.net/~plutarch/911.html

  3. Re:For those who don't get it: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Thanks. Not being an American I was completely lost :)

    OTOH, at least I'm not an American :)