Today, November 17, 2008 is a landmark in the history of science. The renowned U.S. Caltech University will in a few hours announce a new revolution in science led by Dr. Ahmed Zewail. There is a new scientific breakthrough that will enable us for the first time to see the smallest objects in the atom through a four-dimensional microscope.
The new microscope was devised by the Vital Physics Center for High-Speed Science and Technology that is run by Nobel laureate Dr. Ahmed Zewail. Caltech University, which is leading science in the contemporary world, says that the four-dimensional microscope is revolutionizing the way we view the world of nanotechnology. It enables us to watch the exact time and area of the changes that take place in the atom. It is a patent of that university. Science Monitor magazine said that Dr. Zewail and his team have succeeded in adding a fourth dimension of time in the form of a microscopic high-quality image, whereby each electron is tracked separately and with complete accuracy of time and place.
Caltech University also said that Dr. Zewail will use the microscope to photograph the protein in a cell, which he did before in a cell of a mouse.
Sir John Thomas, Professor of Micro-Electronics at Cambridge University, said: “This invention is a revolution. The door is now open to untold numbers of discoveries in physics and biology.” David Twirl, Professor of Chemistry at Caltech University, said: “We have not just learned new things about the behavior of molecules and materials, but we have enjoyed what we've seen.”
Caltech University President Professor Edward Stabler spoke proudly of Dr. Zewail and said Caltech University has committed to leadership. Dr. Zewail once told me: “I traveled east and west, and I met many scientists and philosophers. I enjoyed all that, yet the first source of my pleasure is a new discovery in the labs, and my firm wish is to go on with my research, hoping to reveal the secrets of disease and alleviate the sufferings of human beings.”
