A new microscope spies the raucous beauty within living cells
A new microscope captures the riotous action inside living cells, serving up many visual treats.
Maybe you remember “the cell” from your high school biology book? A smooth, brownish blob, cut away to show the supposedly neat and orderly components, arranged just so.
It was an uncomplicated look inside the powerhouse of life itself. It was also not entirely accurate.
“That’s a caricature of what the cell really is,” said Eric Betzig, a group leader at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Janelia Research Campus in Ashburn, Va. “The cell is this incredibly dynamic place where everything is moving — it’s all about kiss and run kind of stuff.”
