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A hack allows microscopes to capture the ultrafast and ultrasmall

Ageing transmission electron microscopes get a new lease of life from an add-on.
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A souped-up transmission electron microscope, operated here by June Lau, can capture the rapid movements of atomic-scale objects. Credit: N. Hanacek/NIST

A 25-year-old electron microscope can make films of events lasting just trillionths of a second, thanks to a simple retrofit.

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Nature 579, 177 (2020)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-00644-x

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