New tool uses RNA sequencing to chart rich maps of cellular and tissue function
Slide-seq technique generates high-resolution maps of cellular relationships in tissues, without the need for a microscopeCredit: Macosko/Chen labs A new ...
Tag: Optics
Mirage software automates design of optical metamaterials
Program free for many federal government projectsCredit: Sandia National Laboratories ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- New software lets users design science-fiction-like materials ...
Technique uses well-known dye to watch amyloid plaques in the brain
Researchers have demonstrated a way to use Thioflavin T, a dye used to study amyloid for nearly a century, as ...
Dartmouth’s Xia Zhou Wins 2019 ACM SIGMOBILE RockStar Award
Credit: Dartmouth College/Eli Burakian HANOVER, N.H. -- March 26, 2019 -- Xia Zhou, an associate professor of computer science at ...
Listening to the quantum vacuum
Credit: Elsa Hahne, LSU Since the historic finding of gravitational waves from two black holes colliding over a billion light ...
Optical toric code platform sets new record
Credit: LIU Chang Anyons form the basis for topological quantum computation and error correction, where the topological aspect of anyonic ...
Physicists create Star Wars style holograms
The image of Princess Leia, imploring "Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope", holds an iconic status in the ...
Chemicals induce dipoles to damp plasmons
Rice University-led study finds molecules alter gold nanoparticles' electronic propertiesCredit: Alese Pickering/Rice University HOUSTON - (March 22, 2019) - The ...
Radioactive material detected remotely using laser-induced electron avalanche breakdown
New method developed by UMD researchers could be scaled up to improve security at ports of entryCredit: R. Schwartz/H. Milchberg/U. ...
Hears the pitch: Ryerson-led research team invents a new mode of photoacoustic imaging
Did you know that music and diagnostic imaging have something in common? Sounds have a lower or higher pitch depending ...
Making solar cells is like buttering bread
Credit: Loi lab / University of Groningen Formamidinium lead iodide is a very good material for photovoltaic cells, but getting ...
NIST researchers boost intensity of nanowire LEDs
Credit: NIST Nanowire gurus at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have made ultraviolet light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that, ...
New microscope captures large groups of neurons in living animals
Fast, detailed imaging across a wide field of view useful for deciphering brain functions WASHINGTON -- Researchers have developed a ...
Fish-inspired material changes color using nanocolumns
Credit: Zhiren Luo, NC State University Inspired by the flashing colors of the neon tetra fish, researchers have developed a ...
New measurement method for radioactive methane
Credit: Anu Vallinkoski The method developed by Juho Karhu in his PhD thesis work at the University Helsinki, is a ...
MBL receives Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Award to fund new imaging scientist
Credit: Anthony Mautino WOODS HOLE, Mass. - Microscopy innovator Abhishek Kumar, Ph.D., has received a national award from the Chan ...
Levitating objects with light
Nanoscale patterning could enable precise manipulation of objects on many scalesCredit: Courtesy of the Atwater laboratory Researchers at Caltech have ...
Dalian Coherent Light Source reveals hydroxyl super rotors from water photochemistry
Credit: YUAN Kaijun Scientists at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences recently revealed hydroxyl ...
Heading towards a tsunami of light
Credit: Yen Strandqvist/Illia Thiele/Chalmers University of Technology Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have ...
On-chip, electronically tunable frequency comb
Integrated electro-optic frequency comb could be used for many applications including optical telecommunicationCredit: Image courtesy of Second Bay Studios/Harvard SEAS ...