Nanotechnology is good for the heart
Scientists have built a nanoscale device that can detect proteins associated with heart attacks
Lasers target hard drugs
Laser spectroscopy could be used to detect heroin and morphine
Hollow core cuts Raman thresholds
Photonic fibres could shift gas-based nonlinear optics into a new regime
Read article: Electrons probe single atoms
Electrons probe single atoms
A breakthrough in electron microscopy could boost the semiconductor industry
X-ray beams thin out
Analytical techniques could benefit from the narrowest-ever beams of X-rays
Electron pulses reach the femtosecond scale
Bursts of electrons – rather than light – could probe ultra-fast processes
Read article: Crystals give clues to ancient cosmetics
Crystals give clues to ancient cosmetics
X-ray diffraction reveals how Egyptians made their characteristic black eye make-up
Read article: Leading neutron lab appoints new director
Leading neutron lab appoints new director
Institut Laue Langevin names British physicist as its next director
Super-short laser flashes light up ultra-fast events
Fleeting bursts of X-rays allow scientists to track attosecond electron events for the first time
Positrons go into detail
Over the last 50 years, a number of techniques have been developed to analyse surfaces, near-surface layers and interfaces. Each technique has its own peculiar characteristics, and offers a different ...
