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WKU takes close look at research with one of world's largest microscopes
- MICHAEL J. COLLINS
- Monday, August 28th, 2023
If you want something engraved into a human hair, a jolly German scientist named Martin Klein is the man to see.
Klein is the inventor of one of the world’s largest electron microscopes, housed within Western Kentucky University’s Center for Research & Development.
“It's the world's largest electron microscope at a university and it’s here in Bowling Green,” Klein said. “Another word record, and you should inform the Guinness Book of Records about this, because you would win this prize easy.”
He and his company, Ellcie Industries, help maintain and operate the microscope at WKU’s specially-built NOVA Center at the Innovation Camps. Last week, he visited to upgrade parts and stopped to speak to the Daily News.
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