X-ray vision
A new imaging technique could give scientists unprecedented views into cells and other objects at the nanoscale.
Scientists use X-rays to peer into a person’s body, and a new X-ray imaging technique does the same for individual cells.
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“You should be able to image most macromolecular assemblies inside the cell”, such as proteins and DNA, says Pierre Thibault, a physicist at the Paul Scherrer Institute in Villigen, Switzerland who leads the team that reports the new technique in the July 18 Science.