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Two Americans and a German won the Nobel Prize in chemistry this year for their work on optical microscopy that has opened up our understanding of molecules by allowing us to see how they work close up. 两名美国及一名德国科学家荣获了今年的诺贝尔化学奖，以表彰他们在光学显微技术领域取得的成就，这一成就让人们通过看到分子之间如何紧密的工作而更加了解它们。 The winners are Eric Betzig, Stefan W. Hell and William E. Moerner, the Nobel committee in Sweden announced Wednesday. 诺贝尔委员会于周三宣布：获奖者分别是埃里克·白兹格，斯特凡·W·赫尔以及威廉姆·E·莫尔纳尔。 Back in 1873, science believed it had reached a limit in how much more of a detailed picture a microscope could provide. At the time, microscopist Ernst Abbe said the maximum resolution had been attained. 早在1873年，科学家相信光学显微技术已经达到一种极限：显微镜已经无法提供更为精细的图像了。同时，显微镜学者恩斯特·阿贝认为光学显微镜分辨率达到了一个物理极限。 This year's winners proved that contention wrong. 而今年诺贝尔的获奖者证明了这个观点是错误的。 "Due to their achievements, the optical microscope can now peer into the nanoworld," the committee said. “由于他们的贡献，我们可以利用光学显微镜对纳米世界一探究竟，”委员会说。 | 
