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New Optical System for Full-Field X-Ray Microscope Eliminates Chromatic Aberrations

X-ray microscopes are mostly used together with full-field imaging techniques in spectromicroscopy applications, where they permit the chemical structures of materials to be examined and visualized simultaneously.

3 May 2017

A Miniaturized Ultra-Resolution Microscope Using LEDs

ChipScope is a European project led by the University of Barcelona with the participation of SMEs, research institutes, and universities from five European countries. The project focuses on developing a new type of chip-sized optical microscope with high resolution capabilities.

10 Apr 2017

Supercritical Lens Developed by NUS Team for Super-Resolution Imaging

In high precision industries, the optical microscope is an important piece of equipment for failure inspection and scientific research.

6 Apr 2017

New Enhanced Electron Microscope Yields More Information About Structure of Sample

The electron microscope, a powerful tool for science, just became even more powerful, with an improvement developed by Cornell physicists.

31 Mar 2017

New Microscopy-Based Measurement Technique for Designing Better Optoelectronic Devices

A novel measurement technique has been developed by the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) to provide for the first time simultaneous topographical, electrical, chemical and optical microscopy (STEOM) at the nanoscale.

24 Mar 2017

New Optomechanical Device Uses Microscopic Silicon Disk to Trap Optical and Mechanical Waves

Researchers have developed a new type of optomechanical device that uses a microscopic silicon disk to confine optical and mechanical waves.

10 Jan 2017

Low-Cost Spectroscopy Technique Allows Detection of Microscopic Amounts of Chemicals

A microscope to chemically identify individual micron-sized particles has been developed by a team of researchers.

6 Jan 2017

Researchers Invent Novel Live-Cell Imaging Method to Better Understand Cell Interactions

University of Illinois Electrical & Computer Engineering and Bioengineering Professor Brian Cunningham’s Nano Sensors group has invented a novel live-cell imaging method that could someday help biologists better understand how stem cells transform into specialized cells and how diseases like cancer spread.

8 Dec 2016

UV-visible-NIR Microspectroscopy Available with Windows 10®

The 20/30PV™ is a smart tool for the UV-visible-NIR spectra of microscopic samples. In keeping with updates in operating systems, the 20/30PV™ is now offered with Windows 10®.

From CRAIC Technologies, Inc. 7 Dec 2016

Researchers Use Silicon Etching Technique to Fabricate 3D Birefringent GRIN Micro-Optics

A novel approach for fabricating three-dimensional micro-optics through the shape-defined formation of porous silicon (PSi) has been developed by a multi-institutional research collaboration.

29 Nov 2016