Doppler effect found even at molecular level – 169 years after its discovery
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 - 13:30
in Physics & Chemistry
For the first time, scientists have experimentally shown a different version of the Doppler effect at a much, much smaller level -- the rotation of an individual molecule. Prior to this such an effect had been theorized, but it took a complex experiment with a synchrotron to prove it's for real.