While beam-shaping strategies have allowed researchers to sculpt the cross-sectional shape of laser spots—using, for example, triangular beams to carve triangular channels—the interaction of such ...

Structured illumination microscopy (SIM) is the most preferable system for live-cell super-resolution imaging. It enables the observation of intricate subcellular dynamics. However, conventional SIM ...

In International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing, a new laser machining method that dynamically adapts its beam shape is proposed to fabricate microgrooves with ...

3D printing brings design to life after four decades.

An acoustic “tractor beam” that can pull an object by firing sound waves at it has been created by physicists in the UK and US. The beam was made using a commercial ultrasound surgery system and ...

Old idea reborn: A triangular zipper concept from 1985 has been realised by MIT using 3D printing, decades after manufacturing limits stalled it. Shape-shifting uses: The Y-Zipper can transform floppy ...