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They say it's a picture of atoms, but what are the atoms: the glowing yellow balls or the entire meatball including the darker red? If it's the meatballs, then why do some have apparently two nuclei?

Here's the public press release: https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2021/05/cornell-researchers-see-atoms-record-resolution

Here's the actual scientific article: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abg2533

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Saying the same thing as the text doesn't help anyone.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

It helps those that know how to read the text… It clearly states that those are Pr-Pr dumbbells in the PrScO3 lattice that you are seeing. Also, you should be seeing some O-Sc-O triplets, but I didn’t look for them.

This is a picture of a crystal of a molecule made up of three different types of atoms.

I’m too tired to help you more, right now, sorry.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

OP specifically asked:

the glowing yellow balls or the entire meatballs.

I'm sure if OP understood the text, this wouldn't have been asked.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago
[–] [email protected] -2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I gave the OP the benefit of the doubt that it didnt know where to look in the article for the description of the image.

Will stop trying to help, sorry.

[–] laughterlaughter 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Can someone explain what the various parts of this picture of atoms are?

You didn't do any of this. You just were condescending to the OP. It doesn't help people to be more interested in Science.

Good thing you stopped "helping."

Edit: Sorry if I sounded aggressive. I see that you replied to a different comment and appreciated their simpler explanation.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I will definitely wait until i see that there are actually 0 replies after a day before I reply to anything science related.

I dont feel welcome here and good bye.

[–] laughterlaughter -1 points 7 months ago

Or you could just accurately answer the question. This community is called "AskScience" after all. Then use the links or excerpts from the papers or articles as a backup.