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February 19, 2015

Super-powerful new microscope will scan objects a millionth of a human hair

by Laura Domela

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A new super-powerful electron microscope that can examine objects a million times smaller than a human hair is to be unveiled today.

The £3.7m device, dubbed SuperSTEM 3, is one of only three of its kind in the world and will be the first in the UK.

With an energy resolution of 10 millielectron volts, the microscope is the most powerful tool capable of producing highly accurate graphical images of atoms, and is 100 times better than those commonly found in British universities.
via The Independent

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