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Scientists Capture the X-ray Fingerprint of a Single Atom for the First Time — And This Could Change Everything
The resulting images, grainy and almost ghostly ... This is because the X-ray signal produced by a single atom is incredibly weak. But today, the boundary between seeing and not seeing has shrunk ...
X-ray snapshot: How light bends an active substance
Many biologically important molecules change shape when stimulated by UV radiation. Although this property can also be found ...
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Quantum Tunneling Enables Single Atom X-Ray Characterization
Until now, the lowest acceptable sample required at least 10,000 atoms. This is because a single atom emits a signal that is ...