Cell membrane proteins imaged in 3-D
(PHYSorg.com Chemistry)

A team of scientists including researchers at the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II)-a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science User Facility at DOE`s Brookhaven National Laboratory-have demonstrated a new technique for imaging proteins in 3-D with nanoscale resolution. Their work, published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, enables researchers to identify the precise location of proteins within individual cells, reaching the resolution of the cell membrane and the smallest subcellular organelles.