IBM researchers have created the world's smallest movie: it's literally made with atoms!
The ability to move single atoms — the smallest particles of any element in the universe — is crucial to IBM's research in the field of atomic memory. But even nanophysicists need to have a little fun. In that spirit, IBM researchers used a scanning tunneling microscope to move thousands of carbon monoxide molecules (two atoms stacked on top of each other), all in pursuit of making a movie so small it can be seen only when you magnify it 100 million times. A movie made with atoms.
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The making of the movie after the jump:
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Loves it! Nice to see someone being creative in how they introduce science to the world.
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This is witchcraft!!
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