I’ve always been fascinated by the concept of space elevators. When you first hear about it, it sounds ridiculous, but then when you look a little more deeply into how it would be done and how much energy it would save in moving objects into orbit, the question becomes “Why aren’t we already doing this?”
Well, [...]
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Space elevators looking more and more feasible
Most detailed image ever created of a molecule clearly shows bonds between atoms
Say hello to pentacene, the first molecule ever to pose for a close-up!
The image was captured by IBM using an atomic force microscope. Ah yes, the good old atomic force microscope. I’ve used them many times!
Scientists have captured images of molecules before, but never in such amazing detail. In this one, you can even see the [...]