Atomic-scale detail is now possible with photons, thanks to a cooled-down silver tip and a clever use of plasmonics.

Scientists have built a microscope capable of visualizing optical responses at the scale of individual atoms, redefining the ...

Atoms are the building blocks of all matter, from the air we breathe to every cell in our bodies. Yet despite their presence everywhere, no one has truly seen an atom with the naked eye ,until ...

New Microscope So Absurdly Fast It Can See Electrons In Motion by Frank Landymore 8.24.24, 3:00 PM EDT Getty / Futurism ...

Spin waves have been directly observed at the nanoscale using a high-resolution electron microscope, enabling new ways to ...

Freeze-frame: World's fastest microscope that can see electrons in motion Date: August 21, 2024 Source: University of Arizona Summary: A team of researchers has developed the first transmission ...

Quantum researchers cause controlled 'wobble' in the nucleus of a single atom Date: September 12, 2024 Source: Delft University of Technology Summary: Researchers have been able to initiate a ...

Measuring in at one tungsten atom, the specially-crafted tip used by the University's electron microscope is the pointiest thing mankind has ever created in his 10,000-year history of forging ...

With the donation of a scanning tunnel microscope by an Air Force Research Laboratory, a public research university in Ohio will be able to map surfaces atom by atom using ultra-high resolution.