People think I’m compensating, but I’m not. I just happen to like seeing tiny objects in exquisite detail. So my obsession—one that I inflict on others as often as possible—continues to grow. My ...

Microscopes usually use backscattered radiation to create images, but a research group from the Institute of Industrial Science at the University of Tokyo is developing a new method to study materials ...

A team of researchers from the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science in Japan has identified unexpected dynamic properties of a type of light waves called evanescent waves. These surprising ...

Researchers at Caltech in the US have invented a new type of imaging technique that merges the best qualities from electron and light microscopy. The hybrid technique, dubbed “photon-induced ...

Fig. 1 (a) Schematic of a PM that consists of two nanobeam cavities. (b) Normalized profile of the electric field (Ex at left and Ey at right) for the S and AS mode Polarization is an intrinsic ...

[Alan Yates] is building a persistence of vision display and needs a way to transfer power from the stationary base to the spinning circuitry. He’s decided to go with wireless energy transfer and he’s ...

Those of you who read my writing regularly know that I love pretty pictures. From my perspective, pretty much every camera and imaging system in the world is disappointing, because, when you “enhance ...

Researchers have identified unexpected dynamic properties of a type of light wave called evanescent waves. These surprising findings contrast sharply with previous knowledge about light and photons. A ...