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New Technique for Generating Electron Bursts Could Replace Car-Sized Laboratory Devices

Ultrashort bursts of electrons have several important applications in scientific imaging, but producing them has typically required a costly, power-hungry apparatus about the size of a car.

23 Nov 2016

SLAC's X-ray Laser Captures Detailed Snapshots of Photosynthesis in Real-World Conditions

The living machinery responsible for photosynthesis - while commonplace and essential to life on Earth - is still not fully understood. One of its molecular mysteries involves how a protein complex, photosystem II, harvests energy from sunlight and uses it to split water into hydrogen and oxygen.

22 Nov 2016

Change Field-Of-View Without Compromising Image Quality with Resolve Optics Lens Adapters

A lens adapter can offer an economic solution to achieve the desired field of view (FOV) or image format from a prime lens in a camera or sensor system. Unfortunately many generic lens adapters are designed to try to work on as many lenses as possible and consequently compromise image quality.

From Resolve Optics Ltd. 15 Nov 2016

$New Diffractive Optical Elements Show Promise for Extremely Small Zoom Lenses$

New Diffractive Optical Elements Show Promise for Extremely Small Zoom Lenses

People with an interest in photography will know that a big camera is often necessary to obtain features such as a powerful zoom. This is due to the fact that almost all cameras depend on refraction, where the light passing through lenses slows down and changes direction. A certain amount of space is needed to focus this refracted light.

15 Nov 2016