By mapping the subcellular architecture and protein interactions within cells, researchers can better understand how ...

Plant cells without walls, known as protoplasts, are very fragile, and it has been difficult to keep them alive under a ...

For the first time, scientists have built a detailed, interactive map of a human cell, revealing how thousands of proteins ...

Bacteriophages, or phages, viruses that selectively target and infect bacteria, have drawn growing attention for their ...

Fifty years since its discovery, scientists have finally worked out how a molecular machine found in mitochondria allows us ...

In a breakthrough with promising real-world applications, a team of Rutgers biophysicists, bioengineers, and plant biologists ...

Immune cells interact with each other and respond to pathogens in context-specific ways, so DNA microscopy could help unravel those genetic mechanisms. Such applications could in turn guide more ...

While medical centres use ultrasound daily, so far this technology is not capable of observing body tissues at the scale of cells. Physicists from the University of Technology Delft (The ...

Using advanced microscopes that capture brain cell anatomy and activity, a portion of a mouse's brain was mapped and rendered ...

Portable multiphoton microscopy system uses femtosecond laser pulses to create pathology-quality diagnostic images ...

Kanazawa University and colleagues have achieved a breakthrough in understanding sperm DNA packaging. Using high-speed atomic ...