It uses a laser beam to scan through a living specimen, capturing real-time images and avoiding the bleaching and light damage that have usually limited such videos to just a few hours.

• 这种新型显微镜利用激光束对活标本进行扫描，抓拍了实时图像，并避免了光漂白和光损伤，这两者通常把这种录像限制在几小时内。