Beating the limits of the light microscope, one photon at a time
Thursday, May 26, 2016 - 22:10
in Physics & Chemistry
The world's most advanced light microscopes allow us to see single molecules, proteins, viruses and other very small biological structures -- but even the best microscopes have their limits. Now scientists are pushing the limits of a technique called super-resolution microscopy, opening potential new pathways to illuminating, for example, individual cell processes in living tissue at unprecedented resolutions.