A MICROSCOPE from Daresbury Laboratory that can see atoms is being shown off at the Royal Society's summer science exhibition this week.
The SuperSTEM microscope is one of only four such microscopes in the world. It uses electrons instead of normal light to see the atoms. Its key advantage over other microscopes is its stability.
The microscope would move no more than half a millimetre in 100 years - that's 2,000 times slower than continental drift.
The SuperSTEM, which is at the cutting edge of research into new electronic materials and understanding disease, is on show in London until tomorrow, Friday.
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