Scientists use ultrafast laser to flip materials into a different electronic state

A burst of invisible light can do more than illuminate a surface. In a new study, Michigan State University researchers used ...
Brattleboro Reformer

In challenge, students see science up close and personal

BRATTLEBORO — Electronic microscopes are bringing science and life even more into focus. This spring, teachers from elementary schools at all seven Windham Southeast Supervisory Union schools were ...
Electronic Design

Laser-Driven Microscope Analyzes Magnetic Microstructures with Nanometer Resolution

Analyzing magnetic nanostructures with a high resolution is a test-and-measurement challenge, but it’s important for both advanced physics insight as well as real-world products such as high-density ...
EurekAlert!

A view into the innermost workings of life: Hesse's first scanning electron microscope with nanomanipulator inaugurated in at Goethe University

Goethe University Frankfurt (Germany) ceremonially commissioned a state-of-the-art cryo plasma-FIB scanning electron microscope with nanomanipulator worth more than 5 million euros on Thursday. The ...
Nature

Topographic Scanning Electronic Microscopy Reveals the 3D Surface Structure of Materials

The Nature Index 2025 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...
Nanowerk

Polymer coating gives electron microscopes enhanced 3D vision

Since the 1950s, scientists have worked around this problem by coating samples with a thin layer of gold before imaging. While this approach made electron microscopy possible for countless discoveries ...