Candles, lamps, microscopes... These all help shed light on the world around us. Properly “tamed” light, however, can uncover previously unimaginable depths.

The article focuses on the development of a unique holographic endoscope, currently being advanced by Tomáš Čižmár and his teams at the Institute of Scientific Instruments of the CAS and the Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology in Germany. The second part discusses nanofluidic scattering microscopy, an area of research led by Barbora Špačková, head of the Dioscuri Center for Single-Molecule Optics at the Institute of Physics of the CAS.

​​This audio feature is based on the article written by Leona Matušková, which you can read in full in the quarterly magazine of the CAS. The English issue is available online via the Czech Academy of Sciences website, or you can request a print copy by emailing predplatne@ssc.cas.cz​.

Narrated by: Daniel Zappi / Editing and sound design: Jáchym Vans / Produced with support from the CAS Strategy AV21.