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Electron captured on video

February 26, 2008 10:31 AM PST – Posted by Emily Shurr

Up to this point no one has been able to photograph an electron by itself. It won't sit still for portraits. But now, thanks to a newly-developed laser strobe flashing at a very tiny increment of a second, it seems that Swedish scientists have done just that.

Read the full story on MSNBC: "Electron filmed in motion for the first time"

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by BeefGeek February 26, 2008 12:50 PM PST
oh great ... now that they can be photographed it won't be long before the paparrazi starts snapping pictures of electrons appearing out at the bars without their underwear ... at the beach without their tops ... it's only a matter of time.
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