electron

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A team of researchers has pushed the limits to an extreme, creating one so tiny it can only be detected using an electron microscope.

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

The record-setting QR code and its verification process, including electron microscope readout, were conducted jointly by TU Wien and Cerabyte in front of witnesses.

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

However, when viewed with an electron microscope, the QR code can be clearly and reliably read.

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

It is what British science excels at, leading to the discovery of the electron, the structure of DNA and the development of the first computer.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

In 1930 he predicted the existence of the positron, a positively charged electron.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik