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Looking through a window on a rainy day may generate feelings other than melancholy. Curiosity, for example: isn't it remarkable that water droplets stick to the pane rather than sliding down?
Lenses used in electron microscopy have aberrations that limit their resolution. Successful correction of spherical aberration is now possible, opening the door to three-dimensional, sub-ångström imaging of atomic arrangements.