Scientists capture the shadow cast by a single atom

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... Continue Reading Scientists capture the shadow cast by a single atom

Section: Research Watch

Tags: Griffith University, Imaging, Microscope, Ytterbium

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