Novel Lenses Enable X-ray Microscopy with Record Resolution (IMAGE)

Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY

Novel Lenses Enable X-ray Microscopy with Record Resolution

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The silica shell of the diatom Actinoptychus senarius, measuring only 0.1 mm across, is revealed in fine detail in this X-ray hologram (detail) recorded at 5,000-fold magnification with the new lenses.

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Credit: DESY/AWI, Andrew Morgan/Sasa Bajt/Henry Chapman/Christian Hamm

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