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Engineers Have Created a Simple Slide Coating That Can Impressively Boost the Resolution of a Microscope
A light-powered microscope has a resolution limit of around 200 nanometres — which makes observing specimens smaller or closer together than that all but impossible. Engineers at the University of California San Diego have found a clever way to improve the resolution of a conventional microscope, but surprisingly it involves no upgrades to the lenses…
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These Sand Castles Are Actually Castles Carved On Grains Of Sand
Anyone can build a castle with sand, but can you build a castle on sand? Artist and photographer Vik Muniz collaborated with MIT researcher Marcelo Coelho to engrave a castle onto a single granule of sand.