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Caption: This is a photograph of the 9.6-millimeter probe housing (right) next to the housing of the earlier prototype 18-mm probe (left) showing the reduction in packaged probe size. A penny is shown for scale. The scale bar is five micrometers.
Credit: Ben-Yakar Group, University of Texas at Austin
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