A new kind of microscope is giving scientists a way to watch life inside cells with a clarity that feels almost unfair.

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A new hybrid microscope for the first time allows scientists to simultaneously image the full 3D orientation and position of an ensemble of molecules, such as labeled proteins inside cells. (Nanowerk ...