Err, no... bacteria are couch sized! (Score 1)

10. Bright times in optics
Optical physicists made progress in many directions in 2002. Researchers in Göttingen used conventional optics to image clumps of bacteria just 33 nanometres across [...]

Err, no. That is quite silly. Bacteria are order 1000 nm across. Not 33 nm. Let alone clumps of bacteria. 33 nm is small for a virus.

33 nm was the resolution. Not the size of the object being looked at! Sigh.
How many people have read that paragraph without noticing the absurdity?

You too can spot such humorous silliness. Just [plug] look at How Big Are Things?. Bacteria are the size of tables , not ping-pong balls! :)