Scientists capture atomic spin on image for the first time

Scientists from Ohio University and the University of Hamburg has captured images of atomic spin in action for the first time. They have used a custom-built microscope and cobalt atoms. The team repositioned individual cobalt atoms on a surface that changed the direction of the electrons' spin. Images captured by the scientists showed that the atoms appeared as a single protrusion if the spin direction was upward, and as double protrusions with equal heights when the spin direction was downward.