Atoms never stay still. Even in their lowest energy state, they vibrate due to quantum effects. Now, for the first time, ...

Scientists have built a microscope capable of visualizing optical responses at the scale of individual atoms, redefining the ...

The new type of scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM) was built by Washington-based company NION under an instrument-development award to Cornell University, in Ithaca, N.Y., from the ...

In short, the scientists have developed an optical microscope that lets us watch light behave at the level of single atoms—a feat once thought possible only with electron-based microscopy tools.

The technology, called aberration correction, fixes imperfections on the microscope's electron lenses. "We are crossing that threshold where we can really see atoms clearly for the first time ever ...

This cavity was squeezed into a volume just one cubic nanometer in size, which allowed it to interact with the material at the scale of single atoms. To keep this delicate setup stable, the entire ...