Lasers known as frequency combs have been used to generate molecular spectra from samples within microseconds and with high spatial resolution. This offers fresh prospects for making microscopy observations in real time. See Letter p.355
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Silberberg, Y. Combs for molecules. Nature 502, 307–308 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/502307a
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