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Label-free nanoscopy of living cells

A holographic microscope capable of dynamically imaging unstained living cells at resolutions beyond the diffraction limit could prove extremely useful for studying biological cells.

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Brooker, G. Label-free nanoscopy of living cells. Nature Photon 7, 91–92 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2013.6

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