imaging
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Chemistry
Imaging research on monoclonal antibodies shines the protein dynamics for the development of biopharmaceuticals.
A diagram showing the results of the Tandem-TimS device. The X axis shows the cross section or the size of the ions. The Y -axis represents the abundance of ions with a specific cross section. The black line indicates the result of NIST monoclonal antibodies. The illustration of the NIST monoclonal antibody is displayed on the right. Credit: Fanny Rue…
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Physics
Ultra -high -speed imaging advanced tracks accurately dark exciting children in time and space.
WSE2/MOS2 Hetero structure and ultra -high -speed dark field exercise microscope Reality and exercise spatial characteristics evaluation. Credit: Nature Photonics (2025). Doi: 10.1038/S41566-024-01568-Y How can we improve the latest technologies such as solar cells? The international research team led by Gettingen University helps find an answer to such questions with new techniques. For the first time, the formation of small,…
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Chemistry
Enhanced Raman microscopy enables clearer chemical imaging of cryofixed samples
Raman image of snap-frozen HeLa cells with high signal-to-noise ratio and wide field of view. Image acquisition time was 10 hours. The distribution of Raman signals from cytochromes (750 cm-1), lipids (2850 cm-1), and proteins (2920 cm-1) are shown in green, red, and blue, respectively. Credit: Science Advances (2024). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adn0110 Understanding the behavior of the molecules and cells that…
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Physics
Infrared quantum ghost imaging illuminates living plants but doesn’t disturb them
Experimental setup and photon pair correlation. Credit: Optica (2024). DOI: 10.1364/OPTICA.527982 The study, published in the journal Optica, demonstrates live plant imaging of several representative plant samples, including the biofuel crop sorghum. Using a new detector, researchers obtained clear images of living sorghum plants in light much dimmer than starlight. This advancement enables imaging of delicate and light-sensitive samples such…
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Nanotechnology
Nanopatterned graphene enables infrared ‘color’ detection and imaging
Professor Debashis Chanda of the UCF Center for Nanoscience and Technology sits near his infrared camera image in his lab. Chanda and a research group of UCF students have developed a new long-wave infrared detection technique. (Photo courtesy of Debashi Chanda). Credit: Debashis Chanda Debashis Chanda, a University of Central Florida (UCF) researcher and professor at the UCF Center for…
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Nanotechnology
Scientists develop coating that enhances thermal imaging through hot windows
Breaks the loss symmetry of coupled resonant emitters and enhances thermal image contrast. Credit: Communication Engineering (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s44172-024-00316-y A team of Rice University scientists has solved a long-standing problem in thermal imaging, making it possible to capture clear images of objects through hot windows. The findings reported in the journal Communications Engineering could benefit imaging applications in a variety…
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Chemistry
Ultrafast electron imaging captures never-before-seen nuclear motion in hydrocarbon molecules excited by light
The researchers used a genetic algorithm to obtain the time-varying molecular structure of photoexcited o-nitrophenol from ultrafast electron diffraction data. Credit: JPF Nunes (generated using Microsoft Copilot) Interactions between light molecules and nitroaromatic hydrocarbon molecules have important effects on chemical processes in the atmosphere that can cause smog and pollution. However, changes in molecular geometry due to interaction with light…
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Biology
Hyperspectral imaging technology illuminates a bird’s colorful feathers
Photo of a magnificent bird of paradise specimen. Credit: Image_1: Magnificent Bird of Paradise inset photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Magnificent_Bird-of-Paradise_0A2A2180.jpg JJ Harrison, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by- sa/4.0 /deed.en Image_1: Photo of magnificent bird of paradise specimen: David Ocampo, personal permission. From the shimmering appearance of a peacock’s tail to the distinctive rosettes of a jaguar’s fur, animals display an incredible variety of colors and patterns. Quantifying…
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Physics
Metalens uses AI to enable high-resolution, full-color imaging of compact optical systems
A metalens, consisting of an array of nanostructures with arbitrary rotation angles, captures the image, which is then reconstructed to produce an output image that closely approximates the quality of the original “ground truth” image. Credit: Advanced Photonics (2024). DOI: 10.1117/1.AP.6.6.066002 Modern imaging systems, such as those used in smartphones, virtual reality (VR), and augmented reality (AR) devices, are constantly…
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Science
Composite metalens enables distortion-free imaging over a wide field of view.
(a) Singlet metalenses undergoes large barrel distortion. (b) Composite metalens effectively eliminates barrel distortion. (c,d) Raytracing modeling of (c) singlets and (d) composite metalens. The angle of incidence of light (in air) varies between 0° and 70° in 10° steps. Credit: Hanyu Zheng et al. In a recent study, researchers developed a composite metalens that enables distortion-free imaging. The study,…
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