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For the first time, researchers show what an electron actually looks like

Electrons are weird, but we're starting to understand them a bit better.

Rice grain-sized laser helps build the first quantum computer

Princeton researchers demonstrated a novel type of microwave laser - called a maser - so small that's the size of a grain of rice. The laser is powered by individual electrons that tunnel through artificial atoms known as quantum dots.