Newly Visible (IMAGE)

Columbia Climate School

Newly Visible

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A tiny particle of polystyrene plastic as imaged by a new microscopic technique. It is about 200 nanometers across, or 200 billionths of a meter. 

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Naixin Qian, Columbia University

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