Real-time imaging of cell components including DNA
(PHYSorg.com Nanotechnology)

Optical microscopes that use lenses to bounce photons off objects have trouble distinguishing nanometer-scale objects smaller than the imaging beam`s wavelength, such as proteins and DNA. An innovative `hyperlens` designed at A*STAR can overcome optical diffraction limits by capturing high-resolution information held by short-lived or evanescent waves lurking near a target`s surface.