A new microscope can see details at the nanoscale by combining X-rays and an algorithm similar to one used to sharpen images from the Hubble Space Telescope, according to a UC San Diego news release.
Researchers at UC San Diego published their research results in an early online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Since the algorithm converts the diffraction patterns produced by X-rays into visible images, the new microscope does not need a lens for visualization.
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