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Flower power Opened to reveal its green style tipped with a purple stigma, this single grape hyacinth flower is magnified 20x.
T
he SEM already has its groupies. Faculty-student teams are using the
microscope's ability to resolve details as small as 1 nanometer (1 billionth
of a meter) for research on topics from thin-film photonics for next-
generation screen technology to whether shells of marine invertebrates
are stressed by climate change (at least one crab species appears to be
holding its own). The options don't stop there: An atomic force microscope has
just arrived on campus. The pair of cutting-edge instruments, made possible by
New Jersey's Building Our Future funding for STEM initiatives, promise even more
discoveries.
