A new microscopy technique significantly increases imaging resolution far beyond classical optics The new microscopy technique developed by the Japanese research team, led by Osaka University’s ...

A: The resolution of an instrument that uses light to see things can’t improve beyond a point. This is called the diffraction limit. The resolving ability of, say, a telescope says how well it can ...

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 ...

India, Feb. 9 -- You can tell a lot about a material based on the type of light you shine at it: Optical light illuminates a material's surface, while X-rays reveal its internal structures and ...

Researchers built a silver-grooved chip that channels laser energy into nanometer-spaced peaks, beating the diffraction limit and aiding light-matter studies. (Nanowerk News) Physics is full of pesky ...

Researchers have shown that consumer-grade 3D printers and low-cost materials can be used to produce multi-element optical components that enable super-resolution imaging, with each lens costing less ...