Cryo-electron microscopy has exposed the structure of a bacterial virus with unprecedented detail. This is the first structure of a virus able to infect Staphylococcus epidermidis, and high ...

University of Virginia scientists discover new cell organelle called "hemifusome" that helps manage cellular recycling.

Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) is a powerful technique used to determine the three-dimensional structure of biological macromolecules, such as proteins and viruses, at near-atomic resolution.

Electron microscopes are some of the most powerful tools in science, ... In a TEM, electrons pass through the sample, creating highly magnified images of the internal structure of the material.

Cryo-electron microscopy by University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers has exposed the structure of a bacterial virus with unprecedented detail. This is the first structure of a virus able to ...

Researchers used advanced microscopy to uncover important protein structures. For the first time, two important protein ...

Researchers from the Göttingen Cluster of Excellence Multiscale Bioimaging (MBExC) have uncovered the 3D structure of the membrane proteins myoferlin and dysferlin using high-resolution cryo ...

A new method in electron microscopy enables sub-20-picometer targeting of individual atoms without prior exposure, opening ...

Scientists have mapped the molecular structure of glutamate receptors in the cerebellum for the first time using ...

There are a lot of situations where a research group may turn to an electron microscope to get information about whatever system they might be studying. Assessing the structure of a virus or ...

Scientists have studied a new target for antibiotics in the greatest detail yet—in the fight against antibiotic resistance.