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New Structured, Multi-Part Nanocrystals with Superfluorescent Properties

Researchers have developed new types of materials that combines two or three types of nanoparticles into structures that display fundamental new properties such as superfluorescence.

31 May 2021

New Light-Sheet Fluorescence Microscope Heightens Spatial Resolution and Lowers Phototoxicity

A research group led by Takashi Saito, of the Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, developed a 2-photon excitation light-sheet fluorescence microscope which (1) lowers phototoxicity, (2) extends the field of view, and (3) heightens spatial resolution.

31 May 2021

Low-Loss Mirrors Show Promise for Detection of Cancer, Greenhouse Gases

Manufactured in a new process based on crystalline materials, these low-loss mirrors promise to open up completely new application areas, for example in optical respiratory gas analysis for early cancer detection or the detection of greenhouse gases. This work will be published in the current issue of the journal Optica.

28 May 2021

New Imaging Technique Helps Visualize Deep Cerebral Microvasculature in Mouse Brain

An innovative technique developed by scientists enables microscopic fluorescence imaging at depth limits that are four times greater than those imposed by light diffusion.

28 May 2021

An Overview of Light-Emitting Mxene Quantum Dots

In a new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances; DOI https://doi.org/10.29026/oea.2021.200077, Researchers led by Professor Jeongyong Kim at the Department of Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Republic of Korea review light-emitting MXene quantum dots.

27 May 2021

X-Ray Cameras Enable Scientific Investigations on Major Astrophysics Mission

Recently, the eROSITA x-ray telescope, an instrument developed by a team of scientists at Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik, has gained attention among astronomers.

27 May 2021

Supercomputer Researchers Model New Method of Generating Gamma-Ray Combs

Skoltech researchers used the resources of the university’s Zhores supercomputer to study a new method of generating gamma-ray combs for nuclear and X-ray photonics and spectroscopy of new materials. The paper was published in the journal Physical Review Letters.

27 May 2021