Following in the footsteps of its famous cousin graphene, silicene, a two-dimensional material composed of silicon atoms, has fascinated researchers worldwide, in particular for its possible applications in the semiconductor industry. ...

Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging (FLIM) is a versatile microscopy method, which combines fluorescence lifetime information with spatial localization, enabling the investigation of biochemical and physical processes, detecting changes in the ...

X-Cite TURBO is a powerful, multi- LED light source for fluorescence imaging applications. ...

Scanning tunneling microscopy produces high resolution images of surfaces and their adsorbates, ultimately reaching atomic resolution. Despite this impressive performance, the scope of this method is greatly limited by sample preparation. ...

A team of Israeli and German researchers from Technion in Haifa and the universities of Kaiserslautern, Duisburg-Essen and Stuttgart have been able to reveal for the first time the dynamics of the orbital angular momentum of plasmons. The ...

Research led by Dr Dominic Papineau & Matt Dodd provide direct evidence for one of the oldest life forms on Earth - fossilized remains of microorganisms that are at least 3,770 million years old.