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.

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 ...

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

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 ...

A research team including members from the University of Michigan have unveiled a new observational technique that's ...

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 ...

Two key protein structures in the body are being visualized for the first time, thanks in part to the latest technology — ...

Electron microscopes use a beam of accelerated electrons to illuminate an object, providing much higher resolution than a light microscope. Cryo-electron microscopy adds the element of super-cold ...

Scanning electron microscope image of wormlike structures 'growing' from dental tubules deep inside a molar. Image courtesy of University of Maryland, Baltimore. Inside a human tooth, more than 50,000 ...

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One ring to bind them all. Using state-of-the-art cryo-electron microscopy, the research team was able to decipher the structure.To do this, the membrane proteins were shock-frozen in a solution ...