What prize did Moerner receive in 2014?
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In 2014, Eric Betzig, Stefan Hell, and William Moerner jointly received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy". This pioneering technique allows scientists to visualize biological structures at the nanoscale, breaking through the previous diffraction limit of conventional light microscopy and opening new avenues for studying intricate cellular processes and molecular interactions with remarkable precision.
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