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This Stunning Image Is The Highest Resolution We've Ever Seen Atoms (www.sciencealert.com)
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[–] bungalowtill@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

how do they achieve higher resolutions than with former electron microscopes.

[–] mriormro@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They use a technique called ptychography. They explain it a bit more in the article.

[–] bungalowtill@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

The way they describe it in the article is how I understand a electron microscope works

[–] Umbrias@beehaw.org 1 points 2 weeks ago

interferometry