= Nobel Prize in Physics in 1986
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<Ernst Ruska> received one half for fundamental work in <electron optics> and designing the first <electron microscope>. <Gerd Binnig> and <Heinrich Rohrer> received one quarter each for designing the <scanning tunneling microscope>.<The Nobel Prize in Physics 1986 by Nobel Prize Outreach>[Individual official 1986 summary: Ruska one half for electron optics and the first electron microscope; Binnig and Rohrer one quarter each for scanning tunneling microscopy.]{ref}
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