A hybrid microscope allows scientists to simultaneously image the full 3D orientation and position of an ensemble of molecules, such as labeled proteins inside cells. The microscope combines polarized ...

Researchers at the University of Tsukuba have reported on the structure and light energy transfer efficiency of a protein ...

Scientists have found that an increase in water salinity in the cells of the marine diatom Nitzschia weakens the connections ...

Ryugu's sodium-rich minerals suggest ancient interactions with brine, offering insights into aqueous processes in carbonaceous asteroids and the Solar System.

Effective plasmonic characterization in 3D nanostructures is key to achieving reliable performance, integrating fabrication ...

This valuable study reports on the critical role of ANKRD5 (ANKEF1) in sperm motility and male fertility. However, the supporting data remain incomplete. This work will be of interest to biomedical ...

Electron microscopy images reveal crucial structures and mechanisms within the molecular machinery that certain bacteria use ...

Biological motors, which aid microorganism movement in fluids, are composed of two components -- the rotor and stators. Despite much research, the exact molecular mechanism underlying stator function ...

This is because the neuronal structures change dynamically along the sections ... randomly selected side view plane by five experienced technicians for labeling electron microscopy data. Each person ...

Cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) single particle analysis has become one of the major techniques used to study high-resolution 3D structures of biological macromolecules. Specimens are ...

RECENTLY, with the increase of the resolving power of the electron microscope, it has become ... for the first time in observing the lattice structure and the edge dislocation contained in it ...

In addition to information about granum repeat distance values, electron microscopy also provides many further important details about the structure of the chloroplasts and the cells" notes ...