1. a) Who won the Nobel Prize for chemistry this year?
b) What did the men do to be awarded the Nobel in chemistry? Be specific.

2. How does the scientists’ work change what can be done with the optical microscope? (see para. 9-10)

3. What does the scientists’ discovery now allow researchers to do? Be specific.

4. What might be possible in the future as a result of this advance? (see para. 11)

5. What does Stefan Hell believe will be a result of this discovery?

6. What does William Moerner say scientists will now be able to distinguish?

7. Why does Nobel committee member Claes Gustafsson call the laureates’ work “a revolution”?

8. What inspires you most about this story? Why?