Viewing Atoms 100 times faster

Scientists from Cornell and Boston Universities, headed by Keith Schwab, Associate Professor of Physics at Cornell University, have developed a new scanning tunneling microscope (STM). The microscope's design is based on an existing technique, which is used in a novel way. The scientists can analyze the data from the microscope to achieve images of individual atoms on a surface. In addition to being very accurate, the results are acquired incredibly quickly, at least 100 times faster than with previous techniques.
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