![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090509071440im_/http://www.nsf.gov/images/x.gif) News From the Field Zooming Way in, Technique Offers Close-up of Electrons, Nuclei
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October 2, 2008
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Providing a glimpse into the infinitesimal, physicists have found a novel way of spying on some of the universe's tiniest building blocks. Their "camera," described this week in the journal Nature, consists of a special "flaw" in diamonds that can be manipulated into sensitively monitoring magnetic signals from individual electrons and atomic nuclei placed nearby.
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