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Inability to Image Materials Atom by Atom

Many current imaging techniques lack the resolution to image materials on an atomic scale, limiting our understanding of material properties at the most fundamental level.

Foundational Capabilities (3)

Compact X-Ray Lasers

Make X-ray lasers more accessible and compact
  • Åtomnaut
    Company
  • Mid-Scale RI-2 Consortium: Compact X-ray Free-Electron Laser Project
    Initiative

    • Atom-by-Atom Imaging with Nanoscale Laser Ionization

    Utilize nanoscale laser ionization techniques to achieve atom-by-atom imaging of materials, providing unprecedented resolution of atomic structures.
  • Machine Learning Enhanced Electrochemical Simulations for Dendrites Nucleation in Li Metal Battery
    Research and Reviews

    • Increasing the Range of Biopolymer Genetic Systems

    Use new enzymes to enable the use of synthetic genetic polymers. Note: don’t make mirror life https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ads9158
  • Trivalent rare earth metal cofactors confer rapid NP-DNA polymerase activity
    Research and Reviews