Scientists Develop World’s Fastest Microscope — It’s So Fast It Can Capture Electrons Moving
Scientists Develop World’s Fastest Microscope — It’s So Fast It Can Capture Electrons Moving
The new microscope captures the fleeting motions of electrons with unprecedented precision, revealing the hidden dynamics of the subatomic world.
Their attosecond system involves a powerful laser split into two components: a fast electron pulse and two ultrashort light pulses. The first light pulse, called the pump pulse, energizes a sample, triggering electron movement or other rapid changes. The second pulse, known as the optical gating pulse, creates a brief window to generate a single attosecond electron pulse. The timing of this gating pulse determines the image resolution. By precisely synchronizing these pulses, researchers can control when the electron pulses probe the sample, allowing them to observe ultrafast atomic-level processes.
This is pretty amazing. I have a random shower thought about the headline at this point.
Microscopes are any device that can see things smaller than what we can manage with our own eyes.. But that range has become extremely massive. It's to the point where I'd really like a new set of terms for scopes based on the magnification levels.
18With this microscope, we hope the scientific community can understand the quantum physics behind how an electron behaves and how an electron moves.
Since I am totally ignorant, what's the practical benefit of this?
7Each time we peer into the quantum world we do a shit load of what is called Fundamental Research. This fundamental research leads to new discoveries in our understanding of quantum physics which then leads on to commercial research to apply these new discoveries to engineer new things.
What this new tool does is unlock a whole new batch of fundamental research that can be done which in turn will advance what we can build on top of it.
33It may or may not have one, at least until we observe the results
7But observing results skews results! Checkmate scientists
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Replicators and world peace.
5Replicators with subscription plans, depending on product classes and value and WW3.
So a simple Tea-Machine will cost you 15 Bucks/m but a cocktail mixer 4500,-
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Argh, no images?
I really wanted to see the electrons.
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