Polarized light is one of the most powerful tools scientists have for peering inside matter, yet the way it twists, scatters ...

Materials react differently to electric and magnetic fields, and these reactions are known as electromagnetic responses. In ...

Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have optimized and 3D-printed helix structures as optical ...

Microscopic fibers secretly shape how every organ in the body works, yet they’ve been notoriously hard to study—until now. A new imaging technique called ComSLI reveals hidden fiber orientations in ...

Article subjects are automatically applied from the ACS Subject Taxonomy and describe the scientific concepts and themes of the article. At the forefront of advancements in dark-field scattering ...

A new dual-light microscope lets researchers observe micro- and nanoscale activity inside living cells without using dyes. The system captures both detailed structures and tiny moving particles at ...

Polarization describes the orientation of electromagnetic waves as they propagate through space, representing one of light's fundamental properties alongside wavelength and intensity. In spectroscopy, ...

The list of winners for this year’s Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition has finally been released, and the contest’s talented photographers once again wow viewers with fantastical images of ...

Who doesn’t know the problem of glare when trying to ogle a PCB underneath a microscope of some description? Even with a ring light, you find yourself struggling to make out fine detail such as ...

Abstract: This article presents a photo-activated, dual-polarized harmonic transponder based on a photodiode, which enhances harmonic signal strength and improves structural integration. Based on an ...