lenses

  • A person peeks through a tube with one eye which looks silvery on the inside and has a green ring around the opening

    Super tiny scope can peek inside active neurons

    A new microendoscope the width of just a few human hairs produces better images than current scopes by first taking "awful" ones.

  • infrared tv shot of two people, one in mask, another holding camera

    New plastic could bring infrared security to your home

    Lenses made of a special type of plastic could lower the cost of infrared imaging for use in home security, fire protection, and autonomous vehicles.

  • peeking googly eyes in yellow wedge

    Hyperlens crystal could show us living cells in new detail

    The researchers calculate that a lens made from their purified crystal can in principle capture images of objects as small as 30 nanometers in size.

  • woman in red hat holds camera

    Ultra-thin camera design doesn’t need a lens

    "Once scaled up, this technology can make lenses and thick cameras obsolete."