An ordinary can of tuna looks very different when magnified, revealing unexpected structures and details at the microscopic ...

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

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a suite of algorithms to automate the counting of sister ...

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

Researchers have shown that consumer-grade 3D printers and low-cost materials can be used to produce multi-element optical ...

With a so-called cryo plasma-FIB (Plasma Focused Ion Beam) scanning electron microscope with nanomanipulator, the Goethe University in Frankfurt ...

Goethe University Frankfurt (Germany) ceremonially commissioned a state-of-the-art cryo plasma-FIB scanning electron microscope with nanomanipulator worth more than 5 million euros on Thursday. The ...

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

VETERAN forensic scientist Bryan Burnett is convinced he’s cracked the Kurt Cobain death case – and that the only possible ...

Researchers have unseated a previous theory for the mechanism underlying bacterial flagella movement, changing our ...

New research shows how the Greenland shark’s heart keeps working for centuries by tolerating aging rather than avoiding it.