Two papers in Science demonstrate tracking of the stepping motion of the kinesin motor protein with nanometric spatial precision and sub-millisecond temporal resolution by using MINFLUX, a highly photon-efficient single-molecule localization technique.
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Stefani, F.D. Tracking nanoscopic motion with minima of light. Nat. Photon. 17, 552–553 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41566-023-01239-4
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