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New helium microscope reveals startling details without frying the sample

  • Written by The Conversation Contributor
imageA butterfly's wing viewed through an optical microscope (left) and the scanning helium microscope (right).University of Newcastle

When using an electron microscope, having your samples fried or explode isn’t quite the result one wants.

But for Professor Paul Dastoor, this was an all-too-common problem. In his work on organic and polymer...

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