精确测量极微量液体的流量的光学系统

研究人员开发了一种光学系统，可以精确测量极微量液体的流量——每分钟只有10亿分之一升（纳米升）。新技术可以改进生物技术和精密医学。

Going with the (slow) flow: New technique could improve biotech, precision medicine

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/09/190926161401.htm

Journal References:

1. Gregory A. Cooksey, Paul N. Patrone, James R. Hands, Stephen E. Meek, Anthony J. Kearsley. Dynamic Measurement of Nanoflows: Realization of an Optofluidic Flow Meter to the Nanoliter-per-Minute Scale. Analytical Chemistry, 2019; 91 (16): 10713 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b02056

2. Paul N. Patrone, Gregory Cooksey, Anthony Kearsley. Dynamic Measurement of Nanoflows: Analysis and Theory of an Optofluidic Flowmeter. Physical Review Applied, 2019; 11 (3) DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.11.034025

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用激光、晶体和光探测器来研究分子

研究人员已经建立了一个新的工具，用激光、晶体和光探测器来研究分子。这项新技术将揭示自然界最小的雕塑——分子结构——并增加细微的和明确的细节。

A laser, a crystal and molecular structures

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/09/190927074945.htm

Journal Reference:

1. Kazuki Hashimoto, Venkata Ramaiah Badarla, Akira Kawai, Takuro Ideguchi. Complementary vibrational spectroscopy. Nature Communications, 2019; 10 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-12442-9