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Image 3: Gold surface as scanned by STM. The image circles are sealed! Image source: Wikipedia.

So what do you do there at the university? Chapter 15: A bit like touching atoms, on an electron tunneling microscope

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Take a "movie" of electrons

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In "heavy fermion" materials, free electrons used for electrical conduction react strongly with atoms and sink to low energy levels before re-emerging and continuing on their way. Their slow progress makes them look heavy. Photo by Mohammad Hamidian/Davis Lab

Heavy electrons in a uranium compound

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The company for transporting atoms

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