Microscopy continues to transform the life sciences. Here are five recent breakthroughs made possible by the technique.
Sum-frequency generation (SFG) is a powerful vibrational spectroscopy that can selectively probe molecular structures at ...
Photo-induced force microscopy (PiFM) offers nanoscale defect characterization in semiconductors, combining chemical ...
Plasmonic nanogap confinement extends sum frequency vibrational spectroscopy to the nanoscale, enabling direct imaging of ...
Microscopes have long been scientists’ eyes into the unseen, revealing everything from bustling cells to viruses and nanoscale structures. However, even the most powerful optical microscopes have been ...
Using a tiny, spherical glass lens sandwiched between two brass plates, the 17th-century Dutch microscopist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek was the first to officially describe red blood cells and sperm cells ...
Researchers from the Optics Group at the Universitat Jaume I in Castellón have managed to correct in real time problems ...