Biohub and UC Berkeley show that the laser phase plate, a revolutionary device with a laser 100 million times brighter than the Sun, dramatically improves images obtained through cryo-electron ...

Nearly 100 years ago, a seemingly simple discovery revolutionized the microscope. The introduction of phase contrast, which garnered a Nobel Prize in 1953, brought into clear view structures inside ...

Engineers have developed a new way to monitor how tiny lab-grown human heart tissues beat—by effectively "listening" to the ...

Deep inside a small, windowless room at the University of California, Berkeley, two microscopes are quietly capturing some of the most detailed views of life ever recorded. Day and night, they collect ...

BEIJING, June 15 (Xinhua) -- Chinese researchers have captured the first high-resolution footage of human embryos during their first five days of development, leading to a major discovery as to why so ...

The National Cervical Screening Laboratory means most Irish women’s CervicalCheck samples can be tested within the State ...

Newly found immune cells called ‘ruptoblasts’ explode when triggered, ejecting toxic chemicals capable of delivering death to surrounding cells in just minutes. The cells’ discoverers say that this ...

Human breast tissue imaged with SCOPE, a new device developed by Professor Raju Tomer and colleagues. The detailed 3D view of the milk-producing glands (called lobules) that are visible here is ...

An international team, including the University of Tokyo, has created a sensor inspired by the lateral line in fish – their ...

Postmenopausal ovaries may remain active by interacting with immune cells. The findings of a new study could widen ...

Experts worked in ocean midwater off Brazil at near-record speeds thanks to cutting-edge tech ...