"I don’t believe in science. All those bits and molecules no one’s ever seen. I trust eyes and heart..."

“I don’t believe in science. All those bits and molecules no one’s ever seen. I trust eyes and heart alone.”

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Then open your eyes and see what I present to you: The Atomic Force Microscope *drumroll*

What does it do? It takes pictures of Molecules.

No, really. It does.

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This is an actual photograph of Pentacene.

You can see the atomic bonds. Like in a structural formula! It’s absolutely astonishing.

But wait, there is more!

Because this technology can do even better. The middle pictures are the molecules in the bottom row before and after a reaction that transforms their structure.

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WE CAN WATCH CHEMISTRY AS IT HAPPENS!

I can’t even think of the implications of this technology. All the expenditures of finding out how a molecule is formed and now we - in a limited way - can just look at it. Amazing.

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This is incredible.

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