They race, they spin, they shoot. Meet the organisms for which physical prowess is more than sport—it’s a matter of life and death ...

Proteins are the molecular machines of cells. They are produced in protein factories called ribosomes based on their ...

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Watch a white blood cell actively searching for bacteria or viruses under the microscope. Gingrich suggests Trump’s Greenland push just 'a lot of noise' CBS airs pulled '60 Minutes' report on El ...

But watching how the flu virus sneaks into cells has been difficult because standard microscopes can't capture these fast, tiny steps clearly. In a breakthrough study, scientists from Switzerland and ...

In this valuable technical report, Verma et al. provide convincing evidence that endogenously tagged dynein and dynactin form processive motor complexes that move along microtubules in living cells.

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 ...

For decades, scientists have pushed the limits of microscopy to capture sharper and deeper views of the brain. Traditional light-based systems can map the cortex in detail but struggle to reach deeper ...

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 ...