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Writing With Atoms: The Tiniest Penmanship In The Universe

Writing With Atoms: The Tiniest Penmanship In The Universe
The meme combines IBM's groundbreaking atomic manipulation technology with a reaction image to create scientific comedy gold. Scientists at IBM literally wrote with atoms (arranging them one by one using specialized equipment), creating characters at the atomic scale - where each atom is about 2 Ångströms (or 10 -10 meters) in diameter. That's mind-bogglingly small! The reaction image perfectly captures the existential crisis one might have when contemplating such precision. Imagine moving individual atoms around like they're Lego bricks! This is the microscopic equivalent of writing your name in the sand, except you're using individual grains... that are invisible to the naked eye. The future is now, and it's simultaneously impressive and terrifying.

That Stopper Missed My Eye By 300000000 Angström

That Stopper Missed My Eye By 300000000 Angström
Ever played Russian roulette with a separatory funnel? Nothing says "I've made terrible life choices" quite like forgetting to release pressure after shaking organic solvents. The title's 300,000,000 Angström (that's 30 centimeters for those who communicate in normal units) is the chemist's humble brag for narrowly avoiding a face full of dichloromethane. Chemistry lab veterans know the drill—shake, vent, repeat—but somehow we all have that one memory of a stopper missile launching across the lab. Natural selection is just waiting for its moment in organic chemistry.