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The quantum microscope revolutionizes science.

There are many types of quantum microscopes. And sometimes researchers mentioned that laser and electron microscopes are also quantum microscopes. Scanning tunneling microscopes are also one version of quantum microscopes.  In those systems, the ion or some subatomic particle like electron or proton is hovering between stylus and layer. The system is sensing the changes in the position of the particle.  And these systems are the sharpest microscopes in the world. Those microscopes are seeing single atoms. The resolution of the scanning tunneling microscope depends on the size of the particle that is used for scanning. The UV-lasers the surfaces from long distances.  But the problem is that the wavelength of those radiation types is quite long for the cases where the observable object is smaller than the atom. Most high-resolution images can take by using gamma-ray lasers. The problem is that the gamma-ray is not reflecting from surfaces.  The resolution of that kind ...