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What is Lensless Holographic Microscopy?

Article - 25 Feb 2022

A new lensless holographic microscopy technique promises high-quality imaging and analysis of biological samples without the need for lenses and could transform access to healthcare worldwide.

How Single-Cell Force Spectroscopy is Shaping Our Understanding of Mating Adhesins

Article - 24 Feb 2022

One technique that has emerged as a powerful tool in such cellular studies is using atomic force microscopy to perform force spectroscopy on immobilized cellular species. This is known as single-cell...

How Might Microscopy Techniques Reduce Food Waste?

Article - 24 Feb 2022

Reducing food waste is one key strategy to increasing food availability and ensuring that our limited global resources are better allocated. An international team of researchers from the United States...

Reducing Plastic Waste with Spectroscopy

Article - 22 Feb 2022

Spectroscopy is being used to sort different kinds of plastic for recycling. Many plastics that are made from different polymers and require different recycling procedures are colorless and...

The Future of Photonics Technology and its Applications

Article - 18 Feb 2022

In the next few decades, opportunities provided by photonics have the potential to have a much more societal impact. Photonics will be at the heart of some of the most competitive and high-profile...

Advancing Medical Research with Implantable Optogenetic Devices

Article - 17 Feb 2022

Optogenetics is an emerging field that uses light and genetic engineering to detect and control the activity of genetically modified proteins or neurons. Optogenetics has advanced numerous...

How Laser Processing is Reducing Waste in Manufacturing Sectors

Article - 17 Feb 2022

Lasers have become an indispensable tool in manufacturing. From precision cutting applications to complex micromachining, lasers are now the tools of choice to work with a range of materials and...

How Photonics is Fueling Quantum Technology Applications

Article - 16 Feb 2022

Quantum mechanics technology is expected to transform how the world operates in the near future. The past several years have already seen quantum technologies reach important milestones, with...

Speeding Up X-Ray Fluorescence Chemical Mapping with Ghost Imaging

Article - 10 Feb 2022

AZoOptics speaks to Yishai Klein, Research Physicist from Bar-Ilan University, about his x-ray fluorescence technique based on computational ghost imaging. The new method overcomes current challenges...

How High-Power Lasers Help Simulate the Early Universe

Article - 8 Feb 2022

An international group of physicists from the University of California at San Diego and Extreme Light Infrastructure-Nuclear Physics facility in Romania devised an experiment that uses a tightly...