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Earlier this month second of four gyroscopes on Kepler telescope failed. Since the planet hunting requires steady eye and that means at least 3 gyroscopes Kepler's been spinning out of control and became useless. Unfortunately it couldn't be saved and it's mission is over but it left us with over 130 confirmed planets and 2,700 planetary candidates and tons of data we can use to look for more.
We lost our way to look at the big stuff so lets look at the really small. The new quantum microscope allows us to take pictures of atoms and its first subject was the hydrogen atom. Then scientists at Berkeley used the fine tip of the non-contact atomic force microscope to read the electrical forces produced by the molecules to take first ever pictures of atomic bonds. Both directly observing what we deduced was there.
Have you seen Google Doodle tribute to Julius Richard Petri? The one with Petri dishes showing what kind of microorganisms live on different surfaces (at least the ones that can grow on the kind of growth medium used for this)? It reminded me of my microbiology classes. If not and it's already tomorrow where you live here it is:
We lost our way to look at the big stuff so lets look at the really small. The new quantum microscope allows us to take pictures of atoms and its first subject was the hydrogen atom. Then scientists at Berkeley used the fine tip of the non-contact atomic force microscope to read the electrical forces produced by the molecules to take first ever pictures of atomic bonds. Both directly observing what we deduced was there.
Have you seen Google Doodle tribute to Julius Richard Petri? The one with Petri dishes showing what kind of microorganisms live on different surfaces (at least the ones that can grow on the kind of growth medium used for this)? It reminded me of my microbiology classes. If not and it's already tomorrow where you live here it is: