An international collaboration between four scientists from Mainz, Valencia, Madrid, and Zurich has published new research in ...

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Scientists apply principles of math and physics to unravel the mystery of how the endoplasmic reticulum, an organelle vital ...

For the first time, scientists have built a detailed, interactive map of a human cell, revealing how thousands of proteins ...

Bacteria can be engineered to sense a variety of molecules, such as pollutants or soil nutrients. In most cases, however, these signals can only be detected by looking at the cells under a microscope ...

Gene editing and many other useful biotechnology tools came from studies of bacteria fighting off viral invaders. But ...

Morphological observation assesses cell damage by directly examining changes in cell morphology under a microscope. If there are evident changes in the morphology of the cells following stimulation, ...

Nevertheless, such observations are complex─they require delicate samples kept in the liquid phase, low electron dose, and proper cell viability verification methods. Despite being highly demanding, ...