Archive for February 28th, 2008

IBM Scientists First To Measure Force Required To Move Individual Atoms

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

and the force is 210 piconewtons to move cobalt atom over a smooth platinum surface and 17 piconewtons to move cobalt atom over a copper surface

this was found out by IBM scientist working with their colleagues from University of Regensburg in Germany

read more about it here

Michio Kaku

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

I didn’t know what was his name, but I knew him very well from the various popular science movies that he’s been in

he’s an American theoretical physicist, a very interesting character, explains things in a simple language

now he’s a professor in theoretical physics at  City College of New York, hosts two radio programs, writes books and of course, does movies :)

you can see some of his work at YouTube (just click the link)

anyway, I think I should mention him because he deserves it

here’s his Wikipedia page