electron microscope
noun
: an electron-optical instrument in which a beam of electrons is used to produce an enlarged image of a minute object
electron microscopist
noun
electron microscopy
noun
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This scanning electron microscope image was taken at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, where some of the asteroid samples are being studied.
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Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 29 Aug. 2025
This 1978 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows Legionella pneumophila bacteria which are responsible for causing the pneumonic disease Legionnaires' disease.
—Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Hossain first became intrigued after eating a hazelnut and placing its shell under an electron microscope.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2025
But new scanning electron microscope images that suggest the building-blocks of life originated near Jupiter in our early solar system, rather than from deep space as currently thought, says the imperial college London.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes.com, 27 July 2025
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Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 29 Aug. 2025
This 1978 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows Legionella pneumophila bacteria which are responsible for causing the pneumonic disease Legionnaires' disease.
—Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Hossain first became intrigued after eating a hazelnut and placing its shell under an electron microscope.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2025
But new scanning electron microscope images that suggest the building-blocks of life originated near Jupiter in our early solar system, rather than from deep space as currently thought, says the imperial college London.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes.com, 27 July 2025
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“Electron microscope.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/electron%20microscope. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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