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New super-powerful microscope unveiled

By T.K. Randall
February 19, 2015 ·  10 comments

A single grain of pollen viewed under an electron microscope. Image Credit: CC BY-SA 3.0 Marie Majaura The first device of its kind to be rolled out in the United Kingdom, the impressive £3.7m microscope is so powerful that it is capable of producing highly detailed graphical images of atoms.

Located at the SuperSTEM facility at Daresbury in Cheshire, the device, which was originally constructed in the United States, will help to advance research in a variety of fields including material sciences, power generation and health care.

"From developing new materials for space travel to creating a better, cheaper treatment for anaemia, this new super-powerful microscope lets UK scientists examine how materials behave at a level a million times smaller than a human hair," said science and universities minister Greg Clark.

Source: Independent | Comments (10)

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