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World's Fastest Camera At A Rate of 5 Trillion Frames Per Second Can Capture Molecular Processes With Ease

The FRAME ((Frequency Recognition Algorithm for Multiple Exposures) Camera developed by Lund University Sweden has been noted as being able to "make light stand still". 
The new invention can capture events as short as 0.2 trillionths of a second. Scientists say the camera will be able to document things in chemistry, physics, biology, and medicine that have never been caught on camera before — things that take places on a femtosecond scale.
Just how slow is that? Here’s a mind-boggling fact: there are way more femtoseconds in one second (1,000,000,000,000,000) than there are seconds in an average human lifespan (~2,491,344,000).

 It uses an innovative algorithm that exposes chemical reactions and biological processes to laser flashes instead of light. the objects reflected by each pulse are merged into one picture, although they can subsequently be separated to show how the process occurs.

 “Today, the only way to visualise such rapid events is to photograph still images of the process,” says Lund researcher Elias Kristensson. “You then have to attempt to repeat identical experiments to provide several still images which can later be edited into a movie. The problem with this approach is that it is highly unlikely that a process will be identical if you repeat the experiment.”

 The technology is currently being commercialised by a German company, and it’s estimated that it’ll be ready for widespread use within about two years.

Reference:

- https://petapixel.com/2017/05/01/worlds-fastest-camera-shoots-5-trillion-frames-per-second/

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