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A real photograph of a single strontium atom suspended in an electric field.

This image was taken by David Nadlinger, a physicist at the University of Oxford, and it won the 2018 Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) science photo competition.

In the photograph, the atom is held almost motionless in place by a pair of metal electrodes.

The purple glow is the result of a laser causing the atom to emit visible light, which is then captured using a standard camera with a long exposure.

Atoms are typically millions of times smaller than anything a regular camera can capture.

However, when they are excited by lasers, certain atoms emit enough light to be photographed individually — as is the case here.

The atom appears as a tiny dot in the middle of the apparatus, made visible through a phenomenon called laser cooling and trapping, which slows down its motion to keep it still long enough for imaging.

This photo is considered historic because it's one of the few times humanity has visually captured a single atom with the naked eye (through the camera lens), instead of via electron microscopy or indirect imaging methods.

Mount Etna, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, is located on the east coast of Sicily, Italy.

It frequently erupts, and its lava flows often create dramatic night-time visuals.

In this specific instance, Italian photographer Davide Basile captured a rare and striking image of lava flowing in a pattern resembling a phoenix, the mythical bird symbolizing rebirth.

The photo was taken from Riposto, a town on the eastern coast of Sicily, offering a panoramic view of Mount Etna’s fiery activity.

This eruption did occur recently and has been featured across news and social media for its surreal visual — a glowing outline in the night sky that unmistakably resembles a bird in flight.

While this phenomenon is naturally occurring, the phoenix shape is coincidental and a result of the way the lava traveled and cooled along the mountain's slope.

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In a historic act of generosity, 93-year-old Ruth Gottesman donated $1 billion to make medical school tuition-free forever at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx—one of the most underserved areas of NYC.

Her late husband, billionaire investor David Gottesman (a close associate of Warren Buffett), left her a stock portfolio with one request: “Do whatever you think is right with it.” And she did.

This unprecedented gift doesn't just lift financial burdens for future doctors—it will also reshape the medical field by enabling more students from low-income, diverse backgrounds to become physicians.

The donation includes retroactive tuition coverage for current fourth-year students, immediately relieving thousands of dollars in debt. It’s being hailed as one of the most impactful educational donations in U.S. history.

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