Free-electron lasers could produce X-rays intense enough to make atomic-resolution movies. Initial designs are kilometres long, but a prototype working in the ultraviolet points a way to shorter machines.
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Pellegrini, C. Illumination for atomic movies. Nature 455, 297–298 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/455297a
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