Thanks to modern microscopes, we can venture down to see the inner workings of our very own cells. While super-resolution fluorescent microscopy can narrow down images to tens of nanometers (1 nanometer being one-millionth of a millimeter), mid-infrared microscopy can typically only achieve around 3 microns (1 micron being one-thousandth of a 1038/s41566-024-01423-0 Journal information: Nature Photonics Citation: Improved mid-infrared nanoscopy enables 30 times clearer view of the insides of bacteria (2024, April 17) retrieved 17 April 2024 from https://phys. The lenses, however, inadvertently absorb some of the mid-infrared light. The content is provided for information purposes only.
