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Published online 15 December 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news041213-7

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Snapshot of an electron orbital

New technique could watch electrons' movements during chemical reactions.

Chemistry is all about how electrons move around. Every reaction shifts fuzzy, quantum clouds of electrons from one place to another.

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