Andrew Paul is Popular Science's staff writer covering tech news. Previously, he was a regular contributor to The A.V. Club and Input, and has had recent work featured by Rolling Stone, Fangoria, GQ, Slate, NBC, as well as McSweeney's Internet Tendency. He lives outside Indianapolis.
ArticleBody:Electron microscopy has existed for nearly a century, but a record-breaking modern iteration finally achieved what physicists have waited decades to see—for the first time, a transmission electron microscope is capturing an electron with such clarity they can see its individual components. Researchers believe they have unlocked an entirely new realm of optical science they are now calling “attomicroscopy” that will influence the worlds of quantum physics, biology, and chemistry.
To increase the resolution, researchers have turned to speeding up those laser bursts down to attoseconds lasting just quintillionths of a second. But even here, the problem is “attoseconds,” plural. If physicists ever hoped to capture a single electron frozen in place and detail its incomprehensibly fast subatomic reactions and interactions, they would need a transmission electron microscope capable of firing a single attosecond pulse.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Shoe-in: Paul Andrew is the new creative director of Sergio RossiThe designer has been tasked with reviving the legacy footwear brand after the passing of its founder in 2020.
Read more »
Sergio Rossi Taps Paul Andrew as Creative DirectorSergio Rossi has named Paul Andrew its new creative director, eight years since the last designer in that position left the Italian footwear brand.
Read more »
Paul Whelan's lawyer says it was 'painful' for Paul to 'see others released before him'The attorney representing recently freed Paul Whelan says he is returning to his home state of Michigan next week for the first time since his release from Russia.
Read more »
Jake Paul eyes 2028 Olympics after being 'sick as f--k' watching USA boxing's strugglesJake Paul has the solution for Team USA’s struggles in Olympic boxing: Jake Paul.
Read more »
Improvements on the way for wastewater infrastructure in NogalesAndrew Christiansen is KGUN 9's Catalina Foothills reporter. Send your story ideas to Andrew at andrew.christiansenkgun9.com.
Read more »
UPDATE: TPD K-9 injured during attempted arrest on Tucson's SouthsideAndrew Christiansen is KGUN 9's Catalina Foothills reporter. Send your story ideas to Andrew at andrew.christiansenkgun9.com.
Read more »