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Scientists Capture the X-ray Fingerprint of a Single Atom for the First Time — And This Could Change Everything

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Scientists can now detect exactly the type of a particular atom, one atom at a time, and simultaneously measure its chemical state.

This could have a major impact on environmental and medical sciences, and may even lead to cures to currently untreateable diseases.

The implications are nothing short of transformative.

A new X-ray scanning tunneling microscopy technique has revealed the chemical state of a single atom.

The breakthrough could open new doors in fields as diverse as medicine, quantum computing, and environmental science.

The implications for medicine are tantalizing, but translating it into practical applications will take time.

Hla is optimistic that this technology won’t take 50 years to become accessible.

Despite the challenges, Hla ’s optimism is infectious.

“The potential applications you can imagine are limitless,” Hla says of the potential applications that lie ahead.

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