W.E. Moerner, Stanford University (IMAGE) U.S. National Science Foundation Caption This image shows W.E. Moerner, one of three winners of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry 'for having bypassed a presumed scientific limitation stipulating that an optical microscope can never yield a resolution better than 0.2 micrometers.' Credit Stanford University Usage Restrictions None License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.