Fiber optics will play a significant role in developing industry 4.0 as companies leverage its advanced methods of data transmission to implement automation into every corner of industry.
By Sarah Moore
16 Mar 2021
Here, we discuss the importance of NIR spectroscopy in exploring biological tissues, its current developments, and how it may be used in the future.
By Sarah Moore
16 Mar 2021
Metalenses are flat surfaces etched with nanostructures that manipulate and focus light. They possess unique properties that cannot be achieved with conventional diffractive surfaces.
By Kerry Taylor-Smith
9 Mar 2021
Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) instruments built into the latest generation of Martian rovers will provide planetary scientists with a wealth of new data on Martian geology – but to learn from it, they will need to overcome a critical challenge with their machine learning models.
By Andrew Messios
9 Mar 2021
Scientists at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois have suggested a new approach to improve AFM-IR measurements' sensitivity.
By Yulia Yancheva
8 Mar 2021
An atomic force microscope (AFM) is a type of scanning probe microscope that was invented in 1985 and quickly became a fundamental instrument used in many different disciplines within science and technology. Recent improvements in AFMs are allowing their use to be expanded into new applications and industries.
By Lara Osborne
8 Mar 2021
Light microscopy uses visible light or photons to illuminate a sample, while electron microscopy uses electrons, as the name suggests. Each technique has its advantages and disadvantages, discussed below.
By Kerry Taylor-Smith
4 Mar 2021
MicroLED displays have impressive visual performance, making them a strong choice for a suite of applications. However, there are issues. As they are individual emissive elements, microLEDs can show high variability in image properties, measuring and correcting uniformity is thus a huge issue.
Raman spectroscopy is an ideal tool for performing the microscopic sample analysis on the rock samples gleaned from the surface of Mars on missions such as Perseverance and ExoMars 2022.
By Rebecca Ingle, Ph.D
19 Feb 2021
WITec GmbH has upgraded its world-class microparticle analysis system, ParticleScout. The enhancement improves speed and versatility, and is a forerunner in the next generation of Raman microscope technology.