This unique combination enables the handling of liquid volumes at the femtoliter scale (10 — 15 l), as well as force controlled manipulations
of microscopic objects.
The work builds on JILA's world - leading expertise in measuring positions
of microscopic objects.
Scientists have been making holograms
of microscopic objects for decades, but it has always been hard to extract useful information from them.
Not exact matches
It uses the pressure
of a highly focused laser beam to levitate and manipulate delicate
microscopic objects such as viruses, bacteria and DNA strands without causing them damage.
Being able to see this superfast interaction between electrons gives scientists another tool to unlock the rules that govern the quantum - mechanics world — a world where
microscopic objects don't obey the laws
of physics we have come to rely on for understanding in the macro world.
«Every
object we want to make transparent has to be irradiated with its own specific pattern — depending on the
microscopic details
of the scattering process inside.
Clouds
of electrons created by ionised gas in the beam chamber and
microscopic dust particles — playfully known as unidentified falling
objects, or UFOs — are interrupting the beams and making it harder to get the LHC running consistently.
A glassy
object snapped into focus — a round disk, serrated on the edge, perforated with dimples — the shell
of an aquatic
microscopic organism called a diatom.
Due to their tiny size, irregular shape and limited viewing angle, commonly used
microscopic imaging techniques can not always capture the whole
object's shape often leaving out valuable information that can be important in numerous areas
of science, engineering and medicine.
So the largest
object to attain a quantum state, a
microscopic lever in a «superposition»
of still and vibrating states, was cooled cryogenically to 25 millikelvin.
Taking pictures
of objects»
microscopic texture would be easier if their surfaces had the same reflective properties all over.
In two new papers, UCLA researchers report that they have developed new uses for deep learning: reconstructing a hologram to form a
microscopic image
of an
object and improving optical microscopy.
An X-ray beam
of such intensity will,
of course, destroy any
microscopic object it irradiates, but with free - electron lasers the diffraction event is faster than the coulombic explosion, so data can still be obtained.
It is a
microscopic adventure set in an imaginary China; an interesting hybrid
of Quick Time Event, simple mathematical puzzle and hidden -
object mechanics.
In an extraordinary discovery, they found a wealth
of associative
objects and symbols in this
microscopic sample, from crucifixes to Celtic jewellery.