New general manager at Oxford Instruments WITec in Ulm

18-Dec-2024 - The next era has begun at Oxford Instruments WITec, where Dr. Benjamin Tordoff is leading the Raman imaging microscopy pioneers after taking over from the company's founders. Dr. Benjamin Tordoff joined Oxford Instruments WITec this summer, though the company and its exceptional technology that ...

Unique X-ray microscope paves the way to more powerful batteries

New insights into the morphological and chemical changes in battery materials

21-Nov-2024 - New cathode materials are being developed to further increase the capacity of lithium batteries. Multilayer lithium-rich transition metal oxides (LRTMOs) offer particularly high energy density. However, their capacity decreases with each charging cycle due to structural and chemical changes. ...

Researchers can measure distances in molecules optically

MINFLUX microscopy allows the determination of distances within biomolecules using an optical microscope

15-Oct-2024 - A team led by physicists Steffen Sahl and Stefan Hell at the Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences in Göttingen and the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg has succeeded in measuring distances within biomolecules using a light microscope, down to one nanometer ...

How much microplastic are you drinking?

New tool can tell you in minutes

29-Aug-2024 - Micro- and nanoplastics are in our food, water and the air we breathe. They are showing up in our bodies, from testicles to brain matter. Now, University of British Columbiaresearchers have developed a low-cost, portable tool to accurately measure plastic released from everyday sources like ...

Combined microscopy technique catches light-driven polymers in the act

Researchers combine high-speed atomic force microscopy with a laser light source for real-time observation of azo-polymer films

13-Mar-2024 - Expanding our scientific understanding often comes down to getting as close a look as possible at what is happening. Now researchers from Japan have observed the nanoscale behavior of azo-polymer films while triggering them with laser light. In a study published last month in Nano Letters the ...

Bruker Acquires Nanophoton Corporation

Nanophoton Strengthens Bruker’s Portfolio of Molecular Microscopy Research Solutions

09-Feb-2024 - Bruker Corporation announced the acquisition of Nanophoton Corporation, a pioneer focused on advanced research Raman microscopy systems. Headquartered in Osaka, Nanophoton offers a broad portfolio of advanced Raman microscopes, serving academic and industrial research customers, primarily in ...

Tracking Molecules at Turbo Speed

Researchers devise method to speed up observations of high-throughput microbiological process

17-Jan-2024 - Being able to observe micro-organisms and their cellular components is key to understanding fundamental processes that go on inside cells—and thus potentially developing new medical treatments. Microbiologists and biophysicists from the University of Bonn have now developed a method that makes ...

“Optical fingerprints” on an electron beam

Researchers observe non-linear optical processes in the electron microscope

17-Jan-2024 - The precise control of electron beams in so-called transmission electron microscopes (TEM) makes it possible to analyze materials or molecules at the atomic level. Combined with short light pulses, these devices can also be used to analyze dynamic processes. Researchers from Göttingen and ...

Unveiling a new era of imaging: Boston University engineers lead breakthrough microscopy techniques

Researchers made significant advancements in the field of vibrational imaging

06-Dec-2023 - When microscopes struggle to pick up faint signals, it’s like trying to spot subtle details in a painting or photograph without your glasses. For researchers, this makes it difficult to catch the small things happening in cells or other materials. In new research, Boston University Moustakas ...

Tailored electron pulses for improved electron microscopy

Interplay of free electrons

16-Oct-2023 - Electron microscopes provide unique vistas of nanoscale structures, but their resolution is limited by the mutual repulsion of electrons. Researchers in Göttingen have now succeeded in precisely measuring the influence of these interactions. They discovered an “energetic fingerprint” in which the ...