The 2017 Nobel Prize in chemistry has been awarded to three scientists for improving images made of biological molecules.<br/><br/>Jacques Dubochet from Switzerland, Joachim Frank of US and Richard Henderson from UK will share the nine million prize. They were named at a press conference in Stockholm, Sweden today. <br/><br/>They developed a technique called cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM), which simplifies the process for looking at the machinery of life.<br/><br/>The process makes it possible for life's molecular building blocks to be captured mid-movement and allowed scientists to visualise processes that had never before been seen.<br/><br/>The Nobel committee said the work has moved biochemistry into a new era. Speaking to journalists over a telephone line, Prof Frank said the practical uses for the technique are "immense".