The article I read "Dead Simple"(http://www.futurity.org/science-technology/dead-simple-way-to-see-atomic-structure/) was about how scientists are trying to find new ways to see atomic structure. They were using many different ideas to obtain the first direct images of how water coats surfaces at room temperature.
One way they tried actually happened on accident. A guy named Heath accidentally figured out a technique how to pin down moving molecules under room temperature conditions.
Graphene is composed of a one-atom thick layer of carbon atoms in a honey comb like lattitce. Graphene should be completely flat but while experimenting Heath found some nanoscale island-shaped structures trapped between the graphene and something called mica that they didn't expect to see. Heath likes to call this experiment a happy accident. There were many different ways this team found that you couls study molecular structure.
Next this team hopes to improve the resolution of the technique so it can be used to image the atomic structure of biomolecules like antibodies. This science team is making a lot of progress.
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