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Beyond the limit

Nature Photonics volume 2, pages 338–339 (2008)Cite this article

Beating the diffraction limit of light is not a simple task. However, as reported at the recent Focus on Microscopy conference in Japan, solutions are being found.

The conference hosted about 500 attendees from 25 countries and featured 19 invited talks, 138 oral presentations and 69 poster presentations. It served as an excellent opportunity for scientists from different disciplines, such as cell biology, physics, applied engineering and data processing, to network and to discuss recent progress in microscopy.

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