A new microscopic technique that can see tiny structures inside the “control center” of the cell for the first time has been developed by researchers at Queen Mary University of London,
It represents a major advance for cell biologists. It allows them to investigate structures deep inside the cell, such as viruses, bacteria, and parts of the nucleus in depth.
It is possible to use fluorescent microscopy to study complex structures smaller than the Abbe limit of 200 nanometers (nm) — around 500 times smaller than the width of a human hair.