microscope
Oct. 17th, 2009 01:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
guslSingle molecule, one million times smaller than a grain of sand, pictured for first time
Is the world's finest microscope based on touch, rather than optics? It's interesting that what you see is forces, rather than the "surface" of the molecule. I put "surface" in quotes because bonds are just forces... What's the smallest thing that has been seen with optical equipment?
Is the world's finest microscope based on touch, rather than optics? It's interesting that what you see is forces, rather than the "surface" of the molecule. I put "surface" in quotes because bonds are just forces... What's the smallest thing that has been seen with optical equipment?