Microscopy continues to transform the life sciences. Here are five recent breakthroughs made possible by the technique.

An international group of researchers led by Pompeu Fabra University has discovered the nanomachine that controls ...

A research team at the University of Würzburg has, for the first time, uncovered how E. coli bacteria sneak into the prostate ...

Measuring just 200 by 300 by 50 micrometers — smaller than a grain of salt and roughly the size of a single-celled paramecium ...

We know the genes, but not their functions—to resolve this long-standing bottleneck in microbial research, a joint research ...

Key Points Years of studying natural surfaces-like the nanopillared wings of cicadas and dragonflies-have revealed a powerful ...

Beneath the surface of forests, grasslands and farms across the world, vast fungal webs form underground trading systems to ...

The rise of antibiotic resistance has renewed interest in bacteriophages as therapeutic alternatives. However, co-evolution of phage and bacteria will naturally give rise to phage-resistant pathogens, ...

Fossilized microscopic algae offer insights into historic environmental conditions and provide a clearer picture of how the ...

In other words, in microgravity, phages and bacteria don't bump into each other as often and the bacteria may have evolved to ...

At a basic level, using the X-Ray is simple; you hold down ( LMB/RT/R2) and move the screen around to investigate different ...

Daniel Urban & Corinne Campbell shows ciLiving host, Jaclyn Friedlander how to collect a simple stomata imprint from plants ...