Materials scientists can learn a lot about a sample material by shooting lasers at it. With nonlinear optical microscopy—a ...

Atomic Force Microscopy is one technique used to study nanoparticles and biological samples. It offers insights into surface ...

A team of researchers at the University of Victoria (UVic) have achieved an advance in electron microscopy that will allow scientists to visualize atomic-scale structures with unprecedented clarity ...

Discover how researchers achieved high-resolution atomic-scale images using low-cost electron microscopes, transforming ...

Using focused electron beams and nanomanipulators, scientists can now cut and shape metal samples just billionths of a meter ...

Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is a method of topographical measurement, wherein a fine probe is raster scanned over a material, and the minute variation in probe height is interpreted by laser ...

A new AI model generates realistic synthetic microscope images of atoms, providing scientists with reliable training data to accelerate materials research and atomic scale analysis. (Nanowerk ...

Electron spin resonance (ESR) is a key tool for the spectroscopic characterization of chemicals. It relies on resonantly changing the spin state of electrons (spin is an intrinsic quantum property of ...

In a study published in Nature Communications, a research team demonstrates the all-electrical control of quantum ...

We can see the virus here thanks to cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM), an extremely cool imaging technique that lets ...

Invented 30 years ago, the atomic force microscope has been a major driver of nanotechnology, ranging from atomic-scale imaging to its latest applications in manipulating individual molecules, ...

Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory made a big leap in their research into all things small. Within the past few months, scientists there began using what they say is the world’s most ...