The operation of components for future computers can now be filmed in HD quality, so to speak. Manish Garg and Klaus Kern, researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research in Stuttgart, have developed a microscope ...
Optics & Photonics
Jan 29, 2020
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They can make tiny cell structures visible: cutting-edge light microscopes offer resolutions of a few tenths of a nanometer—in other words, a millionth of a millimeter. Until now, super-resolution microscopes were much ...
Optics & Photonics
Sep 20, 2019
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Researchers for the first time have combined a powerful microscopy technique with automated image analysis algorithms to distinguish between healthy and metastatic cancerous tissue without relying on invasive biopsies or ...
Optics & Photonics
Aug 6, 2019
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Microscopic defects that occur in laser-based manufacturing of metal parts can lead to big problems if undetected, and the process of fixing these flaws can increase the time and cost of high-tech manufacturing. But new research ...
Optics & Photonics
Jun 17, 2019
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Scientists have developed a pioneering new technique that could pave the way for the next generation of optical tweezers.
Optics & Photonics
Mar 14, 2019
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It is the holy grail of light microscopy: improving the resolving power of this method such that one can individually discern molecules that are very close to each other. Scientists around the Nobel laureate Stefan Hell at ...
Optics & Photonics
Dec 23, 2016
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As humans, we sniff out different scents and aromas using chemical receptors in our noses. In technological gas detection, however, there are a whole host of other methods available. One such method is to use infrared lasers, ...
Optics & Photonics
Oct 24, 2016
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Single atoms or molecules imprisoned by laser light in a doughnut-shaped metal cage could unlock the key to advanced storage devices, computers and high-resolution instruments.
Nanophysics
Sep 17, 2015
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In modern microscope imaging techniques, lasers are used as light sources because they can deliver fast pulsed and extremely high-intensity radiation to a target, allowing for rapid image acquisition. However, traditional ...
Optics & Photonics
May 4, 2015
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A new laboratory tool which will allow scientists to build and move microscopic cells could lead to the development of better treatments for disease.
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 2, 2015
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