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Microscopy providing ‘window into the cell’ wins chemistry Nobel

Eric Betzig (left), Stefan Hell (center) and W.E. Moerner

A TINY WORLD  Eric Betzig (left), Stefan Hell (center) and W.E. Moerner share the 2014 Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing high-resolution microscopy techniques.

From left: Matt Staley; © Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry; Linda A. Cicero/Stanford Univ. News Service

By Beth Mole and Meghan Rosen

- More than 2 years ago

Breaking the limits of light microscopy by using fluorescence has won three scientists the 2014 Nobel Prize in chemistry.