A microscope that studies the most delicate materials by bouncing helium atoms off their surfaces could be made within a year, thanks to the development of the world's smoothest mirror. That's the ...

A tiny mirror could make a huge difference for scientists trying to understand what's happening in the micron-scale structures of living cells, report investigators. A tiny mirror could make a huge ...

A clever new microscope design allows nanotechnology researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to track the motions of nanoparticles in solution as they dart around in ...

A tiny mirror could make a huge difference for scientists trying to understand what's happening in the micron-scale structures of living cells. By growing cells on the mirrors and imaging them using ...

(Nanowerk News) A tiny mirror could make a huge difference for scientists trying to understand what's happening in the micron-scale structures of living cells. By growing cells on the mirrors and ...