Thanks to Science Daily we learned that scientists at the Centre for Quantum Dynamics at Griffith University have been photographed for the first time in history, the shadow of an atom . Last year, the same scientists also got a picture of higher resolution has been achieved today of an atom.
The image that opens the article, although it seems part of an old 8-bit video game in fact, it is the first photograph of the shadow of an atom. Those who do not master of science or biology probably will not understand the importance of this fact. But it could be the achievement more important in the history of microscopy . As a result you could get benefits for quantum computing or find answers on atomic physics , among other things.
To get the image of the shadow of the atom researchers through a microscope super high resolution managed to capture this shade so complicated to see. For this took one atom and cooled with the aid of a laser to separate the ytterbium element . Once the atom was "frozen" the researchers exposed to a beam of light of a certain power, so you could get the expected picture. As stated by Professor Dave Kielpsinki
By using the ultra high resolution microscope, we were able to focus the image in a smaller area than has been achieved before, creating a darker image, which is easier to see.
After seeing all these advances, we are left out to be the next thing we shoot within the scientific world. Although according to the actual Kielpsinki not be anything smaller than an atom, as
We have reached the extreme limit of microscopy.