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The Ultimate Limit of What We Are Able to See

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The ultimate limit of what we are able to see with a microscope is dictated by


Definitions:

Free Energy

A thermodynamic quantity that represents the amount of work that can be performed by a system at a constant temperature and pressure.

Entropy

Disorderliness; a quantitative measure of the amount of the random, disordered energy that is unavailable to do work.

Cofactor

A nonprotein substance needed by an enzyme for normal activity; some cofactors are inorganic (usually metal ions); others are organic (coenzymes).

Enzymes

Biological catalysts that speed up chemical reactions in cells without being consumed in the process.

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