Optical microscopy has for centuries been a key tool to study living cells with minimum
invasiveness. The advent of single molecule techniques over the past two decades has …

Optical imaging represents one of the most essential tools in biological studies. Although
with great advances, bio-optical imaging still suffers from problems such as resolution …

The cellular processes underpinning life are orchestrated by proteins and their interactions.
The associated structural and dynamic heterogeneity, despite being key to function, poses a …

Although viruses are simple in structure and composition, their interactions with host cells
are complex. Merely to gain entry, animal viruses make use of a repertoire of cellular …

Measuring certain quantities at the nanoscale is often limited to strict conditions such as low
temperature or vacuum. However, the recently developed nanodiamond (ND) quantum …

The long-dreamed-of capability of monitoring the molecular machinery in living systems has
not been realized yet, mainly due to the technical limitations of current sensing technologies …

A key goal of chemistry is to develop synthetic systems that mimic biology, such as self-
assembling, self-replicating models of minimal life forms. Oscillations are often observed in …

Our ability to detect, image, and quantify nanoscopic objects and molecules with visible light
has undergone dramatic improvements over the past few decades. While fluorescence has …

Fluorescent particles are routinely used to probe biological processes. The quantum
properties of single spins within fluorescent particles have been explored in the field of …

Fluorescence microscopy has been the workhorse for investigating optical phenomena at
the nanometer scale but this approach confronts several fundamental limits. As a result …