Microscopy
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But alien microfossils aren't the only news in microscopy. Innovations in technology and technique mean bigger deals can be made out of ever smaller things. Several dozen microscopy specialists responded to E-mail and phone queries from The Scientist with opinions about the most notable new technologies.
"One test of all the exciting things out there is to make yourself a wish list and then go to the floor of our trade show, which is the principal forum of exchange for new information about microscopes and microanalysis," says Ann Goldstein, president of the Pocasset, Mass.-based Microscopy Society of America (MSA). "You'd be surprised at how many things that you thought would be nice are already there or are in testing labs and on their way to the market."
Advances in electron and atomic force microscopy provide some of the highest-resolution images of life's tiniest dings, nicks, and ...