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

The biology of Antarctic species is very different; warm things up by just a degree or so, and they could emerge into a very ...

Scientists have uncovered a new way embryonic cells divide when conventional mechanisms fail. Cell division underpins all ...

The action plays out like a twin-stick shooter, my parasite's undulating "secretors" functioning as guns and my host's ...

From insignificant individual cells to a rich community full of cooperation. That is how our understanding of the world of ...

Alzheimer’s disease has long looked like a slow-motion wildfire, starting in one part of the brain and then advancing along ...

Millions of people live with atrial fibrillation, a racing, uneven heartbeat that can leave you exhausted and scared. Yet it ...

Scientists have transformed enigmatic cell structures, called vaults, into storage units for messenger-RNA molecules made in ...

Researchers at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT-Italian Institute of Technology) have developed an innovative microscopy ...

Scientists say their Stomata In-Sight tool can observe plants "breathe," which could be used to bioengineer crops that ...

In a new study, we and an international team of scientists examined the behavior of marine viruses in a large band of ...