Biological specimens imaged with X-rays without damage (IMAGE)
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From left to right: a pollen grain collected at DESY, a diatom, and a cyanobacterium, all imaged using Compton X-ray Scattering Microscopy at PETRA III. These micrographs, which reach up to 70 nanometre resolution, could be taken without causing damage to the original samples by using high-energy photons that were highly focussed by novel custom lenses. With the planned PETRA IV light source, such images could achieve even higher detail with finer structural detail, as well as three-dimensional perspectives.
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Credit: DESY/CFEL
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