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Scientists Map 3D Atomic Structure of Brain Signaling

Scientists have revealed never-before-seen details of how our brain sends rapid-fire messages between its cells. They mapped the 3-D atomic structure of a two-part protein complex that controls the release of signaling chemicals, called neurotransmitters, from brain cells.

18 Aug 2015

Berkeley Lab’s M-TIP Solves Reconstruction Problem for Fluctuation X-Ray Scattering

A comprehensive understanding of complex nanostructures—like proteins and viruses—could lead to breakthroughs in some of the most challenging problems in biology and medicine.

12 Aug 2015

Camera-Based Technique Could Improve Manufacturing Efficiency of High-Performance Nanophotonic Devices Using Quantum Dots

Life may be as unpredictable as a box of chocolates, but ideally, you always know what you’re going to get from a quantum dot. A quantum dot should produce one, and only one, photon—the smallest constituent of light—each time it is energized. This characteristic makes it attractive for use in various quantum technologies such as secure communications. Oftentimes, however, the trick is in finding the dots.

11 Aug 2015

NPL Collaborates with Global Laboratories to Examine the Matrix Effect in Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry

The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) worked with 20 laboratories across the globe to examine one of the most significant issues in Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (ToF-SIMS): the matrix effect. A new algorithm has been developed to overcome this effect allowing for better analysis of images in the future.

11 Aug 2015

Bruker Debuts Opterra II Multipoint Scanning Confocal Live-Cell Microscope

Bruker today announced the release of the Opterra II™ Multipoint Scanning Confocal Microscope, which represents the next generation of quantitative live-cell microscopes.

11 Aug 2015

Dresden Nanoscope Combines Microscopy and Ultra-Fast Spectroscopy for Precise Filming of Dynamic Processes

To gain even deeper insights into the smallest of worlds, the thresholds of microscopy must be expanded further. Scientists at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) and the TU Dresden, in cooperation with the Freie Universität Berlin, have succeeded in combining two established measurement techniques for the first time: near-field optical microscopy and ultra-fast spectroscopy.

11 Aug 2015

SLAC’s Electron Camera Reveals Ultrafast Electron Motion

A new scientific instrument at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory promises to capture some of nature’s speediest processes.

6 Aug 2015

Novel Device Can Convert DC Electric Field into Tunable Terahertz Radiation Source

Terahertz radiation, the no-man's land of the electromagnetic spectrum, has long stymied researchers. Optical technologies can finagle light in the shorter-wavelength visible and infrared range, while electromagnetic techniques can manipulate longer-wavelength radiation like microwaves and radio waves.

6 Aug 2015

Optokey Produces Nanophotonic ‘Biochemical Nose’ with Single Molecule Sensitivity

Imagine being able to test your food in your very own kitchen to quickly determine if it carried any deadly microbes. Research conducted at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and now being commercialized by Optokey may make that possible.

5 Aug 2015

Electric Pumping Helps Eliminate Energy Losses of Surface Plasmons in Optical Devices

Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) researchers have developed a new method that enables optical communication on a chip.

4 Aug 2015

Nanooptics and Nanophotonics News

Scientists Map 3D Atomic Structure of Brain Signaling

Berkeley Lab’s M-TIP Solves Reconstruction Problem for Fluctuation X-Ray Scattering

Camera-Based Technique Could Improve Manufacturing Efficiency of High-Performance Nanophotonic Devices Using Quantum Dots

NPL Collaborates with Global Laboratories to Examine the Matrix Effect in Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry

Bruker Debuts Opterra II Multipoint Scanning Confocal Live-Cell Microscope

Dresden Nanoscope Combines Microscopy and Ultra-Fast Spectroscopy for Precise Filming of Dynamic Processes

SLAC’s Electron Camera Reveals Ultrafast Electron Motion

Novel Device Can Convert DC Electric Field into Tunable Terahertz Radiation Source

Optokey Produces Nanophotonic ‘Biochemical Nose’ with Single Molecule Sensitivity

Electric Pumping Helps Eliminate Energy Losses of Surface Plasmons in Optical Devices

Nanopore-Based Sensor Enables Rapid and Precise Disease Diagnosis

Combining Nanofluids and Turbulators for Sustainable Energy

Multiscale Force Sensing with Photon-Avalanching Nanocrystals

Breakthrough in 2D Material Growth Opens Doors to Cleaner Energy and Next-Generation Technology

Enhancing Material Properties through Nanotube Encapsulation

Conversations on AFM: Applications of BioAFM in Life Science

Conversations on AFM: The Technology and History Behind AFM and SPM

Recent Advances in High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy to Improve Research Into Protein Dynamics

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