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Scientists chip away at a metallic mystery, one atom at a time

September 28, 2022 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Gray and white flecks skitter erratically on a computer screen. A towering microscope looms over a landscape of electronic and optical equipment. Inside the microscope, high-energy, accelerated ions bombard a flake of platinum thinner than a hair on a mosquito’s back. Meanwhile, a team of scientists studies...
Two men stand near a desk with computer monitors and a towering microscope that reaches the ceiling