Jueden's experiment began by accident. While using a low-cost digital microscope to inspect electronics, he turned it toward a LaserDisc out of curiosity. Under magnification, faint ...

A single flat metalens now handles both excitation and fluorescence collection for diamond quantum sensors, enabling ...

Effective stereo microscope selection depends on understanding application demands and the performance factors that affect 3D ...

Imaging spectroscopic ellipsometry delivers nanometer-level sensitivity and spatial resolution, addressing the limitations of conventional metrology techniques.

Analog video spied by looking really, really closely at tracks A retro tech enthusiast has demonstrated that it is possible to view media on LaserDisc using a relatively inexpensive digital microscope ...

Blue lasers with surface gratings are delivering quantum precision from millimetre footprints. The visible spectrum is an exciting frontier for laser diode technology. Here emerging applications exist ...

By applying the Kerr effect, Kerr microscopy facilitates the analysis of magnetic domains in steel alloys, supporting ...

Imaging-based single-cell physiological profiling holds great potential for uncovering fundamental bacterial cold shock response (CSR) mechanisms, but its application is impeded by severe focus drift ...

Controlling light with light is a long-sought goal for computing and communication technologies. Achieving this capability ...

Researchers have developed a microscopic 3D-printed optical device that can efficiently combine light from dozens of small semiconductor lasers into a single multimode optical fiber with very low loss ...

Under the microscope, plankton becomes an unlikely star as artist Jess Holz documents their movements to highlight both their ...

Scientists created a tiny matrix that stores data by etching its grid into a thin ceramic film with a focused ion beam.