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Nikon supplies a wide range of custom-made products that meet various needs, including those practically used in our everyday life and leading-edge gears designed to explore the origin of the universe. We interviewed advanced researchers who make the most of these Nikon products to contribute to the progress in technology innovations.
The laser-trapping unit made by Nikon is mounted on the optical radiation pressure microprobe unit, which can measure the very smallest 3-dimensional form.
In the development of cosmetics and the quest for beauty, a Nikon system featuring 20 digital SLR cameras is setting the pace.
Nikon oversees the manufacture of FOCAS, an observation instrument used with the Subaru Telescope. The telescope plays an important part in the discovery of distant galaxies.
A Nikon reflecting telescope featuring a new material is being used in a space telescope that is photographing and observing infrared astronomical objects over the entire sky.
Nikon's technology is used in HDS installed in the Subaru telescope atop Mauna Kea in Hawaii.
Damage to health caused by asbestos is becoming a problem in Japan. Nikon microscopes are actively engaged in the urgent task of measuring the fibers of asbestos, a substance that is difficult to clearly identify.
Nikon technology turns up in a factory producing work clothes commonly worn by construction workers.
The existence of gravitational waves was first proposed nearly a century ago. Fast-forward to the present, where Nikon technologies are being utilized to detect the distortion of space-time itself.
Nikon's high-precision optical technologies are contributing to observations of volcanic gas emitted in eruptions on Io, one of Jupiter's moons.
Nikon lenses play a vital role in looking high into the aurora-flickering skies over 100km from the Earth.
