What happens when you examine a microscope… under another microscope? Discover the intricate craftsmanship, tiny imperfections, and complex optical details hidden inside this essential scientific tool ...

Using light to measure ever-smaller objects has been central to progress in many scientific disciplines for centuries. As far back as 1873, German physicist Ernst Abbe proved that light diffraction ...

The 3D micro-device consists of a modified coverslip and a micro-sphere fabricated by advanced MPL. It can enhance the lateral resolution beyond what is achievable with conventional optics. Today, ...

Researchers from the Physical Chemistry and Theory departments at the Fritz Haber Institute have found a new way to image layers of boron nitride that are only a single atom thick. This material is ...

Photothermal AFM-IR technology provides spatially resolved infrared spectroscopy for detailed compositional mapping of ...

Tuesday, March 17, 2026 Time: 4 – 5 p.m. Location: Olsen Hall 503 Seemantini Nadkarni, Associate Professor of Dermatology at Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard ...

Microscopy is an imaging technique that enables us to see a world that would otherwise be invisible to us. Once upon a time, visualizing cells, microbes and other entities not perceptible to the naked ...

It’s relatively easy to understand how optical microscopes work at low magnifications: one lens magnifies an image, the next magnifies the already-magnified image, and so on until it reaches the eye ...

Introduction to SNOM: The Scanning Near-field Optical Microscope (SNOM) stands as a pivotal analytical tool in nanotechnology, enabling the visualization of nanostructures with resolution beyond the ...

The medical landscape undergoes a rapid transformation as precision becomes the standard of care. At the heart of this ...

From left to right, Albert Suceava, a doctoral student in materials science and engineering, Venkatraman Gopalan, a professor of materials science and engineering, and Saugata Sarker, a graduate ...