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Chemistry Nobel Prize goes to 3-D snapshots of life’s atomic details

Winners are recognized for their roles in developing cryo-electron microscopy

2017 chemistry Nobel winners

SMALL WORLD  For their contributions to the development of cryo-electron microscopy, Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson (from left to right) won the 2017 Nobel Prize in chemistry.

From left: Axel Broquet, ©UNIL; Jorg Meyer; Medical Research Council 

By Carolyn Gramling and Laurel Hamers

- More than 2 years ago

An imaging technique that freezes tiny biological objects such as proteins and viruses in place so that scientists can peer into their structures at the scale of atoms has won its developers the 2017 Nobel Prize in chemistry.