First, the researchers used a short laser pulse about 200 nanometers in wavelength to excite ammonia molecules. This pump ...

During chemical reactions, atoms in the reacting substances break their bonds and re-arrange, forming different chemical ...

Sum-frequency generation (SFG) is a powerful vibrational spectroscopy that can selectively probe molecular structures at surfaces and interfaces, but ...

Water doesn’t behave the same way in a glass as it does as ice in your freezer. When water is heated to several thousand ...

The ESIS-II mission aims to capture high-speed “snapshot” images of the Sun’s transition region and corona. To achieve this, ...

This study establishes a reliable methodology for verifying graphene's single-atom thickness, paving the way for its ...

A new lens-free imaging system uses software to see finer details from farther away than optical systems ever could before.

Researchers have shown that consumer-grade 3D printers and low-cost materials can be used to produce multi-element optical ...

The James Webb Space Telescope captured a colorful portrait of a nearby stellar cradle, revealing a wealth of insights about ...

Researchers used consumer-grade 3D printers to create sub-$1 optical lenses that enable super-resolution nanoscale biological ...

Florida State University scientists have engineered a new crystal that forces atomic magnets to swirl into complex, repeating ...

A quantum camera that captures far more than we thought possible – it counts individual photons and could redefine space ...