Scientists at TU Wien, the University of Innsbruck and the ÖAW have for the first time demonstrated a wave effect that can lead to measurement errors in the optical position estimation of objects. The work now published ...
Optics & Photonics
Oct 16, 2018
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The world's most advanced light microscopes allow us to see single molecules, proteins, viruses and other very small biological structures. But even the best microscopes have their limits.
Cell & Microbiology
May 26, 2016
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Ever since Antonie van Leeuwenhoek discovered the world of bacteria through a microscope in the late seventeenth century, humans have tried to look deeper into the world of the infinitesimally small.
Optics & Photonics
Oct 18, 2023
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A tiny mirror could make a huge difference for scientists trying to understand what's happening in the micron-scale structures of living cells.
General Physics
Jun 17, 2016
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Imagine tuning into a football game, but all of the players are invisible except for the two quarterbacks. Without being able to see the orchestrated movements of the full teams, this would be a very confusing game to watch.
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 11, 2024
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Super-resolution microscopy is a technique that can "see" beyond the diffraction of light, providing unprecedented views of cells and their interior structures and organelles. The technique has garnered increasing interest ...
Optics & Photonics
Feb 27, 2018
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A new Rice University technique grabs images of chemical processes that happen faster than most laboratory cameras are able to capture them.
Optics & Photonics
Nov 17, 2016
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A "chemical imaging" system that uses a special type of laser beam to penetrate deep into tissue might lead to technologies that eliminate the need to draw blood for analyses including drug testing and early detection of ...
Optics & Photonics
Apr 27, 2017
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Super-resolution microscopy methods are essential for uncovering the structures of cells and the dynamics of molecules. Since researchers overcame the resolution limit of around 250 nanometers (while winning the 2014 Nobel ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 10, 2023
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Proteins mostly do not work in isolation but rather make up larger complexes like the molecular machines that enable cells to communicate with each other, move cargo around in their interiors or replicate their DNA. Our ability ...
Nanophysics
Jul 5, 2016
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