Our brain is a complex organ. Billions of nerve cells are wired in an intricate network, constantly processing signals, enabling us to recall memories or to move our bodies.

Researchers expect LICONN technology will be broadly useful to enable high-resolution tissue analysis in other organs and ...

Influenza viruses are among the most likely triggers of future pandemics. A research team from the Helmholtz Center for Infection Research (HZI) and the Medical Center—University of Freiburg has ...

Scientists have found a way to map the intricate patterns of cells in mouse brain tissue with an off-the-shelf light ...

Thick multicellular plant samples provide unique challenges when it comes to cryo-preservation, which has resulted in limited successful examples for structural studies using in situ cryo-electron ...

T cells and B cells. This was the fundamental basis for modern immunology. Scanning electron micrograph of a human T lymphocyte (also called a T cell) from the immune system of a healthy donor. Credit ...

Gene therapy (introducing genetic material into living cells to fix, replace, enhance, or block a faulty gene) is rapidly ...

Cryogenic electron microscopy showed for the first time that large RNA complexes can assemble without the help of proteins, expanding our understanding of RNA folding and function.

Once established in the lungs, the bacteria's thick cell wall helps it to fight ... Colorized transmission electron micrograph of influenza A/H1N1 virus particles. The U.S. Department of Health ...

Today we are machining some metal inside the scanning electron microscope! By creating a custom fixture, we can manually advance a carbide cutter and cut metal inside the vacuum chamber of my SEM.

An investigative history of the scandal-plagued company shines a light on a health care industry riddled with corruption and ...

Quantum biology links electron spin to proton transport, revealing new and precise control mechanisms in cells.