Super-resolution optical microscopy techniques have revolutionized ... These microspheres can generate super-resolved images of nanostructures with impressive magnification and resolution ...

Identifying nanoparticles in a polymer matrix and determining their aggregation state from optical images is challenging due to the low contrast, anisotropic shape, overlapping particle instances, and ...

We observed optical sum frequency generation (SFG) images of cross-sections of glutinous rice grains, in order to test a possibility of the SFG microscopy as a tool for monitoring polysaccharide ...

Physicists from the group of Jorik van de Groep at the UvA-Institute of Physics have devised a new method that can be used to ...

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Visualizing cells after editing specific genes can help scientists learn new details about the function of those genes. But ...

Microscopy refers to any method used to acquire images of nearby objects at resolutions ... may be mediated by light or electron beams using optical or magnetic lenses respectively, or through ...

Optical sectioning enables precise 3D imaging by extracting signals in focus and eliminating out-of-focus backgrounds.

The stereo function of the Celestron Labs S10-60 makes this microscope perfect for 3D viewing, for those with a little experience.

A worm embryo or a piece of tissue may only be tens of microns thick, but optical aberrations, such as wavefront distortions and differences in refractive indices, cause microscopy images to lose ...

Researchers introduce a cost-effective method for producing optical Fresnel zone plate lenses, using colored photoresists for ...