Access

News and Views

Nature Methods 5, 471–472 (1 June 2008) | doi:10.1038/nmeth0608-471

Super-resolution for a 3D world

Joshua W Shaevitz

Scientists have relied upon visual representation of the living world as a means of discovery for centuries. Over time, we have moved from hand-drawn images of animals and tissues to exquisite molecular-scale representations produced by electron microscopy.