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World's Fastest Camera Catches An Electron In Motion

Here's the world's first video of an electron in motion, showing how an electron rides on a light wave after having just been pulled away from an atom. Electrons move so fast, it's almost impossible to generate a short enough burst of light to be able to see them move. But a new camera generates "attosecond pulses." (An attosecond is to a regular second as a second is to the age of the universe, says the MARS blog.) The next step: Film an electron colliding with an atom. [Attosecond Physics and High-Order Harmonic Generation]

4:53 PM on Fri Mar 7 2008
By Charlie Jane Anders
6,345 views, 26 comments

Latest by Grey_Area: @aarchiba: Sir/Madame, You appear before us resplendent in your extra-shiny Mantle of Explanin' Excellence! It's taken me three days to go through this thread and your very helpful comments but I think I got it. Now I now why this more »

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"Sodomized Electrons" Flatten Cows, Celebs Warn

"Wild electricity" from particle accelerators is leaving Sri Lankan teenagers just eight inches tall, British celebrities warn in this awesome clip from British satire show Brasseye. To demonstrate the effects of this fake science, playwright (and James Bond villain) Steven Berkoff takes a hammer to a bunch of figurines while shouting "This could be your mother!" Long before Ali G, Brasseye was fooling celebrities into endorsing bizarre campaigns, including one against a fictional drug called "cake." But the show's best episode was its exploration of bizarre made-up science. Click through for another clip. More »

12:00 PM on Mon Mar 3 2008
By Charlie Jane Anders
1,401 views, 7 comments

Latest by n/a: @Plague: Oh Plague you made my day. A Weddoes reference on io9. Brilliant. They're back in the US later this year btw. Gedge is a god. more »