Which of these brand collaborations resulted in the development of the first commercially successful scanning tunneling microscope (STM) that could visualize individual atoms?

Major scientific breakthroughs often emerge from unexpected collaborations between seemingly unrelated organizations. These brand partnerships combine diverse expertise to tackle complex challenges in ways single entities cannot. This poll tests your knowledge of notable scientific collaboration history that led to revolutionary products and technologies. Can you identify which unlikely partnership produced a groundbreaking scientific tool that transformed multiple research fields?

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IBM and Xerox (1981)
NASA and Nikon (1983)
Bell Labs and Olympus (1979)
MIT and Carl Zeiss (1984)