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From OhGizmo!:
As amazing as some of the images produced by scanning electron microscopes are, they still have their limits on how far they can 'zoom in.' And unfortunately those limits also effect a lot of research since scientists can only see so much of what they're studying. But a new type of microscope that uses a beam of helium ions instead of electrons promises to change all that.
Since helium ions can be focused into a smaller beam and probe size than electrons, the new microscope allows for greater image resolution, depth of focus and material contrast. It's kind of like the way a blue laser can store more data on a DVD than a red laser, since it produces a finer beam. The microscope is also claimed to be "the brightest illumination source ever created by man" since it originates from a region that's less than one angstrom or 0.1 nanometers in size.
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