Pin the tail on the hydrogens

X-ray diffraction has been the method of choice for determining the positions of atoms within a crystal. However, the technique works better for atoms with higher atomic numbers and requires single crystals of a minimum size. Palatinus et al. used electron diffraction, a technique of increasing importance for analyzing very small crystals, to identify the positions of hydrogen atoms in organic and inorganic materials (see the Perspective by McCusker).

Science, this issue p. 166; see also p. 136