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As reported in the August 28 issue of Science magazin, IBM Research Zurich Leo Gros, Fabian Moh, Nikolaj Moll and Gerhard Meye, in collaboration with Peter Liljeroth of Utrecht Universit, used an AFM operated in an ultrahigh vacuum and at very low temperatures ( 268oC or 451oF) to image the chemical structure of individual pentacene molecules. With their AF, the IBM scientist, for the first time eve, were to look through the electron cloud and see the atomic backbone of an individual molecule. While not a direct technological compariso, this is reminiscent of X-rays pass through soft tissue to enable clear images of bones.