The 2014 Nobel Prize for chemistry has been awarded for the development of super-resolution fluorescence microscopy. Also called nanoscopy, the technique allows scientists to visualize pathways of individual molecules inside living cells in real time, including those in the brain. The award goes out to German scientist Eric Betzig and Americans William Moerner and Stefan Hell.
Photograph: Stefan W Hell/Division of Optical Nanoscopy/German Cancer Research Center.
