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Peering into materials down to the nanoscale in the COCOON lab

A new Tufts University imaging facility is doing something that most microscopy centers in the world cannot: allowing scientists to examine a butterfly wing, a living tissue or a microchip and reveal its physical structure, molecular chemistry and elemental composition across every scale, from the m...

Peering into materials down to the nanoscale in the COCOON lab
Image: Phys.org
A new Tufts University imaging facility is doing something that most microscopy centers in the world cannot: allowing scientists to examine a butterfly wing, a living tissue or a microchip and reveal its physical structure, molecular chemistry and elemental composition across every scale, from the macroscale down to the nanoscale—all in one imaging session.

Originally published at Phys.org

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