Scientists capture the shadow cast by a single atom
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Image of the shadow of a single ytterbium atom (Image: Griffith University)
Researchers at Griffith University have taken the image of the shadow of a single ytterbium atom, paving the way to important advances in absorption imaging (Image: Griffith University)
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A team of researchers at Griffith University has managed to stretch the capabilities of microscopy to its ultimate limit. Culminating a five-years effort, the scientists have obtained a digital image of the shadow cast by a single atom, in a development that might soon lead to important advances in scientific observations ranging from the very big to the very small.
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