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Optics & Photonics Aug 28, 2023

Making the invisible, visible: New method makes mid-infrared light detectable at room temperature

Scientists from the University of Birmingham and the University of Cambridge have developed a new method for detecting mid-infrared (MIR) light at room temperature using quantum systems.

Cell & Microbiology Aug 16, 2023

Scientists reveal how sensory protein changes shape with nanometer resolution

The ability to sense mechanical stimuli, like touch or blood pressure, is essential to physiological processes in humans and across the animal kingdom. In a new study, Scripps Research scientists show how the sensory ion ...

Astronomy Aug 8, 2023

Smoking-gun evidence for modified gravity at low acceleration from Gaia observations of wide binary stars

A new study reports conclusive evidence for the breakdown of standard gravity in the low acceleration limit from a verifiable analysis of the orbital motions of long-period, widely separated, binary stars, usually referred ...

Nanophysics Aug 1, 2023

Using sound waves to image nanostructures

The potential of an ultrafast form of transmission electron microscopy to measure sound waves in nanostructures has been demonstrated by three RIKEN physicists. This could help realize a high-resolution imaging method that ...

Cell & Microbiology Jul 23, 2023

Zooming across time and space simultaneously with superresolution to understand how cells divide

Cell division, or the process of how daughter cells emerge from a mother cell, is fundamental to biology. Every cell inherits the same protein and DNA building blocks that make up the cell it originally came from. Yet exactly ...

Bio & Medicine Jul 20, 2023

A new type of superresolution for exploring cell division

A new way to see details smaller than half the wavelength of light has revealed how nanoscale scaffolding inside cells bridges to the macroscale during cell division. Unlike earlier superresolution techniques, the one developed ...

Astronomy Jul 19, 2023

Webb sees carbon-rich dust grains in the first billion years of cosmic time

For the first time, the James Webb Space Telescope has observed the chemical signature of carbon-rich dust grains in the early universe.

Optics & Photonics Jul 17, 2023

Shrinking light: Waveguiding scheme enables highly confined subnanometer optical fields

Imagine shrinking light down to the size of a tiny water molecule, unlocking a world of quantum possibilities. This has been a long-held dream in the realms of light science and technology. Recent advancements have brought ...

Optics & Photonics Jul 13, 2023

Team unveils new path for dense photonic integration

Integrated optical semiconductor (hereinafter referred to as optical semiconductor) technology is a next-generation technology for which many researches and investments are being made worldwide because it can make complex ...

Nanomaterials Jul 4, 2023

Functional surface refinement: Targeted control of growth dynamics of finest tin layers

Nanometer-scale coatings with functional materials play an important role in many sensory, electronic and photonic applications. An international team of researchers, coordinated by Leibniz IPHT in Jena, Germany, has succeeded ...

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