A remarkable photo of a single atom trapped by electric fields has just been awarded the top prize in a well-known science photography competition. The photo is titled “Single Atom in an Ion Trap” and was shot by David Nadlinger of the University of Oxford.
_invalidusername on February 12nd, 2018 at 22:37 UTC »
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nycola on February 12nd, 2018 at 22:59 UTC »
For the curious: a single positively-charged strontium atom
Staggery_Johnson on February 13rd, 2018 at 01:03 UTC »
I've had taken pictures with trillions of atoms in them and I haven't won a prize or anything.