Loading cement sacks into trucks requires precise counting for traceability, yet manual methods are error-prone and often ...

Mid-infrared photonics is the practical application of electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength between two and approximately twenty micrometres. This region includes a number of so-called water ...

Vibrational microscopy methods offer bond-selective imaging, revealing the rich chemical composition of biological samples. In this Focus issue, we celebrate the past, present and future of these ...