As space agencies prepare for human missions to the moon and Mars, scientists need to understand how the absence of gravity ...

Innovations in imaging and genetic engineering are coming together to probe the biophysics of cytoplasm inside living animals.

A research team at the University of Würzburg has deciphered another aspect of poxviral gene activation. They have revealed a unique viral mechanism: A molecular ring anchors the viral copying machine ...

The atomic structural analysis also revealed the role of the so-called capping enzyme. It is stably integrated into the complex and ensures that the newly formed viral mRNA is immediately provided ...

Researchers at the University of Jyväskylä (Finland), in cooperation with national and international research groups, have ...

For almost 60 years, scientists have tried to understand why DNA doesn’t replicate wildly and uncontrollably every time a cell divides – which they need to do constantly. Without this process, we ...

With a so-called cryo plasma-FIB (Plasma Focused Ion Beam) scanning electron microscope with nanomanipulator, Goethe University in Frankfurt (Germany) is expanding its research infrastructure with a ...

A scientific experiment observing how white blood cells react under the microscope after exposure to food components, exploring cellular behavior in an educational and controlled way.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Conceptual illustration of the bidirectional quantitative scattering microscope, which detects both forward and backward scattered ...

New NE-AFM method measures nuclear stiffness in living cells. It shows cancer nuclei change softness with chromatin and environment, aiding diagnosis and treatment. By employing a technique called ...

Using a tiny, spherical glass lens sandwiched between two brass plates, the 17th-century Dutch microscopist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek was the first to officially describe red blood cells and sperm cells ...

Advanced light microscopy techniques are giving scientists a new understanding of human biology and what goes wrong in diseases Katarina Zimmer, Knowable Magazine Innovative techniques are helping ...