A Breakthrough in Imaging: Seeing a Virus in Three Dimensions

January 13, 2009 | Source: New York Times

Researchers at IBM Almaden Research Center have captured the first three-dimensional image of a virus, using a new technique, magnetic resonance force microscopy, or MRFM, which is similar to MRI.

They captured a 3-D image of tobacco mosaic virus particles with a spatial resolution down to four nanometers.