Dr Denk is speeding matters up by using a scanning electron microscope instead.

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In particular one part of it - calcium silicate hydrate - refused all attempts to be analysed under an electron microscope or by nano-indentation.

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The software includes an auto-recognition feature that identifies any device plugged into a laptop, from an electrocardiogram machine to an electron microscope, and translates the signals into a form that can be received by hospital computer systems at the other end.

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