Image of microtubules in a fixed cell sample. A 3 microns x 3 microns confocal scan of microtubules in a fixed 3T3 cell labelled with…
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Top view of the framed knots generated in this work. Credit: University of Ottawa In a world first, researchers from the University of Ottawa in…
The thin and cost-effective lens is 3D printed and has the capacity to put live cells under the microscope, which would significantly improve diagnostics. Credit:…
Aromatic hydrocarbon called as-indacenoterrylene is a bowl-shaped compound made only of hydrogen and carbon atoms that can absorb near infrared light. Credit: Norihito Fukui The…
A three-dimensional video showing a pulse of laser light passing through a laser-scattering medium and bouncing off reflective surfaces. Credit: Caltech In his quest to…
Artistic impression of single-shot UV-CUP which made the front cover of the 10th issue of the journal Laser & Photonics Reviews. Credit: Jinyang Liang: Single-Shot…
A composite image of the enzyme lactase showing how cryo-EM’s resolution has improved dramatically in recent years. Older images to the left, more recent to…
Scientists Capture Light in a Polymeric Quasicrystal – New Possibilities for Laser and Sensor Design
Scientists Capture Light in a Polymeric Quasicrystal – New Possibilities for Laser and Sensor Design
Credit: Ant Rozetsky ITMO University scientists have conducted several experiments to investigate polymeric quasicrystals that ultimately confirmed their initial theory. In the future, the use…
The anti-resonant hollow core fiber features a unique arrangement of seven hollow capillaries arranged around a hollow core inside the fiber. Credit: Arjun Iyer/Renninger lab/University…
Illustration of memory effects on wave-matter interaction. From Fig. 1, Kozlov et al., doi: 10.1117/1.AP.2.5.056003. Credit: Kozlov et al. Remembrance of Waves Past: Memory Imprints…
Super-Resolution Imaging: World’s Smallest Ultrasound Detector Developed – Smaller Than a Blood Cell
Super-Resolution Imaging: World’s Smallest Ultrasound Detector Developed – Smaller Than a Blood Cell
Silicon chip (approx. 3 mm x 6 mm) with multiple detectors. The fine black engravings on the surface of the chip are the photonics circuits…
3D artistic illustration of the wide-field-of-view metalens capturing a 180° panorama of MIT’s Killian Court and producing a high-resolution monochromatic flat image.” Credit: Image: Mikhail…
ORNL researchers developed a quantum, or squeezed, light approach for atomic force microscopy that enables measurement of signals otherwise buried by noise. Credit: Raphael Pooser,…
A study of aluminum nanocatalysts by Rice University’s Laboratory for Nanophotonics found that octopods (left), six-sided particles with sharply pointed corners, had a reaction rate…
Researchers at CRANN and Trinity’s School of Physics have discovered that a new material can act as a super-fast magnetic switch. When struck by successive…
Temperature of C. elegans measured via tracking of embedded nanodiamonds. Credit: Masazumi Fujiwara, Osaka City University A team from Osaka City University, in collaboration with…
Illustration depicts a faithful reproduction of Johannes Vermeer’s “Girl With a Pearl Earring” using millions of nanopillars that control both the color and intensity of…
Laser pulses lasting for mere femtoseconds (one-quadrillionth of a second) are stretched to the nanosecond (one-billionth of a second) range. Credit: © 2020 Ideguchi et…
Tiny photonic chip could fit comfortably within the tip of a finger. As new infectious diseases emerge and spread, one of the best shots against…
In laser-plasma acceleration, a strong laser pulse (red) generates a plasma wave (blue) in hydrogen gas by stripping electrons from gas molecules. The electrons (red)…