Is there such a thing as a 'vegetative electron microscope'? Doubtful

Feedback is New Scientist's popular sideways look at the latest science and technology news. You can submit items you believe may amuse readers to Feedback by emailing feedback@newscientist.com Science is one of the most fruitful sources of new terminology. There's nothing like a surfeit of terms like "mitochondrial synthesis" and "quantum fluctuations" to make your writing sound authoritative Recently there has been a spate of scientific papers containing the phrase "vegetative electron microscopy/microscope". The term suggests a device for scanning broccoli, but it is utter nonsense. There are scanning electron microscopes and tunnelling electron microscopes, but not vegetative electron microscopes.