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Smoothest mirror could lead to new microscopes
Physicists say they have created unusual surfaces that could help image biological samples more precisely without destroying them.

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Spanish researchers at the Autonomous University of Madrid claim to have created the most perfectly flat mirror ever, which they think may be useful for creating a new type of microscope.
Lead researcher Vazquez de Parga has revealed that his team made the smoothest surface ever by combining silicon and metal.
He says that he and his colleagues created the near-perfect mirror by coating a thin layer of lead onto a silicon surface.

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