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Microscopy of the macroscopic

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The presence of magnetic moments in materials known as Kondo lattices can lead to an exotic transformation in their properties. The first successful endeavour into imaging such a transformation has now been made. See Letter p.362

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Figure 1: Electron tunnelling from tip to host.

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