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Single Molecule Pictured For First Time

• dailymail.co.uk via drudgereport
It may look like a piece of honeycomb, but this lattice-shaped image is the first ever close-up view of a single molecule.

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Comment by Powell Gammill
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It is actually not the first time a single simple molecule has been "imaged."  But it is remarkably sharp (focused).  And it makes it clear that its appearance is consistent with atomic theory.

http://www.livescience.com/technology/090827-molecule-imaged.html