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Seeing Atomic Bonds Before and After Reactions

Posted by Soulskill on from the bond.-atomic-bond. dept.

Necroloth sends this quote from an article at Wired: "For the first time, scientists have visually captured a molecule at single-atom resolution in the act of rearranging its bonds. Until now, scientists were only able to infer molecular structures. Using atomic force microscopy (abstract), the individual atomic bonds that connect the carbon molecule's 26 carbon and 14 hydrogen atoms are clearly visible and look startlingly similar to the stick diagrams in chemistry textbooks."

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  1. Absolutely cool, relatively meh by Just+Some+Guy · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's awesome, but a little bit of a letdown after I'd misread "bonds" as "bombs".

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  2. Re:No surprise really by magic+maverick+ · · Score: 1, Funny

    Which begs the question, are you really truly a gigantic dick, or are you just a turd?

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