When a tiny hydrogen atom is in a molecule with a much bigger ... Now we can actually see a real picture of a hydrogen bond between molecules of 8-Hydroxyquinoline in the images below.

The picture shows a close-up of one carbon atom. A hydrogen atom has one proton as the nucleus and one electron in the region outside the nucleus. The electron and proton are attracted to each other.

Just about everyone knows that water is H2O, meaning two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom. What might surprise people is that scientists have never before been able to actually watch hydrogen ...