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High-Resolution Optical Imaging

Posted by timothy on from the this-will-require-a-lot-of-airbrushing dept.

sp00 writes "Researchers at the University of Rochester have created the highest resolution optical image ever, revealing structures as small as carbon nanotubes just a few billionths of an inch across. The new method should open the door to previously inaccessible chemical and structural information in samples as small as the proteins embedded in a cell's membrane. The research appears in today's issue of Physical Review Letters."

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  1. After hours in the lab. by heldlikesound · · Score: 3, Funny

    Kevin: Dude, just do it.
    Eric: No, I am NOT going to do it.
    Kevin: Remember when Marcy photocopied her chest, she got caught and she didn't even get in trouble!
    Eric: This is different...
    Kevin: How are they even going to know it's your p...
    Eric: DUDE, I'm not doing it!

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  2. Pictures? by bluesoul88 · · Score: 2, Funny

    For the love of god, put a picture on that page! My buttcheeks are clenching with suspense!

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    bluesoul88 would like to apologize for that last comment. =)

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  3. If you say 'nanoinch' then the metricists have won by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I thought the imperial system used power-of-2 fractions of an inch (1/4 of an inch, 1/8, ...). So that should read "a few 1/1,073,741,824 of an inch", I believe.

  4. Oh great... by fritter · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's only a matter of time until they start selling this via pop-under ads.