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MIT physicists have built a new microscope that can see quantum motion inside superconductors ...

Physicists in Leiden have built a microscope that can measure no fewer than four key properties of a material in a single scan, all with nanoscale precision. The instrument can even examine complete ...

By squeezing terahertz light beyond its usual limits, researchers have exposed hidden quantum "jiggles" inside a ...

The implications of the breakthrough could ripple through multiple industries. A better understanding of how superconductivity behaves at quantum scales could accelerate the development of ...

For over a century, light has both helped and limited our view of the ...

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SURPRISINGLY little of the information obtained with microscopes has been quantitative; most observers are content to sit at the microscope and regard the image, or to photograph it. Theoretically, it ...

Dispersion is an inherent feature of electromagnetic waves. It allows light to behave differently at different wavelengths, ...

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University of Tokyo researchers have developed a method for rendering organs and tissues transparent while preserving their three-dimensional structures. Their reagent, IlLUmination of Cleared Organs ...