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Physics Nobel Prize Awarded for Microscopies Old and New

JAN 01, 1987

DOI: 10.1063/1.2815291

The 1986 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded for two profound advances in the history of microscopy, separated by half a century. Both involve imaging with electrons to achieve resolutions far beyond the capability of optical microscopy. But there the resemblance ends.

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Volume 40, Number 1

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