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A microscope can unmask a single atom’s magnetic properties
![Scanning tunnelling microscope in ultra-high vacuum](http://media.nature.com/w767/magazine-assets/d41586-019-03344-3/d41586-019-03344-3_17334182.jpg)
A scanning tunnelling microscope. When outfitted with a new type of probe, such microscopes are capable of sensing an atom’s spin. Credit: Javier Larrea/age footstock/Alamy
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Nature 575, 11 (2019)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-03344-3