Chemical compounds found in many consumer products could be major contributors to the onset of lipid-related diseases, such as obesity according to a study.

22 May 2020

Innovative two-photon microscopy enables in vivo subcellular imaging of the retina

Retina is the only part of the central nervous system that can be visualized noninvasively with optical imaging approaches.

21 May 2020

X-ray experiments reveal antibody to block entry of SARS-CoV-2

As scientists across the globe race to develop a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, an international team led by Davide Corti at Vir Biotechnology and David Veesler at the University of Washington has been working around the clock on a complementary approach - identifying neutralizing antibodies that could be used as a preventative treatment or as a post-exposure therapy.

20 May 2020

New head-mounted microscope allows access to inner workings of the brain

Scientists working at caesar have developed a small head-mounted microscope that allows access to the inner workings of the brain.

20 May 2020

A New Tool To Map The Flow Of Info Within Living Cells

How do cells move? Why do they move? Why do some cancer cells move slowly while others move quickly, causing cancerous tumors to become more difficult to treat?

19 May 2020

Evidence of the ‘metabolon’

AZoLifeSciences speaks to Dr. Vidhi Pateek about her teams research that led to discovering evidence of the metabolon's existence.

14 May 2020

New 3D imaging method can identify sperm cells moving at a high speed

Tel Aviv University researchers have developed a safe and accurate 3D imaging method to identify sperm cells moving at a high speed.

12 May 2020

New technique reveals the proliferation and genetic exchange of bacteria

Researchers have made a breakthrough interpretation of the way bacteria move and carry out genetic exchange—that may possibly result in the development of novel antimicrobial drugs.

7 May 2020

Fluorescent Technique Brings Aging Polymers To Light

Modern society relies on polymers, like polyethylene plastic, for a wide range of applications, from food containers to automobile parts to medical devices.

7 May 2020

New tool may shed more light on neurodegenerative diseases

About 350 years ago, Robert Hooke provided an initial description of a cell in Micrographia, and since then, microscopy has played a major role in figuring out life’s rules.

6 May 2020

Researchers design novel cell culture model of human intestine to study COVID-19

Scientists have identified that the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, known to cause COVID-19, infects intestinal cells and undergo proliferation there.

4 May 2020

New framework for understanding and combating antibiotic resistance

In a study that could offer further insights into antimicrobial resistance, researchers from the University of Sheffield have generated the first high-resolution images of the cell wall structure of bacteria.

30 Apr 2020

NMR spectroscopy reveals mechanisms involved in DNA repair

The information contained in DNA is crucial for life. Hence, the integrity of the DNA has to be maintained extremely well.

27 Apr 2020

Study reveals the mechanism used by tuberculosis bacteria for their growth

The structure of a protein that plays a role in importing vitamin B12 into the cells of a tuberculosis (TB)-causing bacterium has been revealed by scientists from the Netherlands, Russia, the United States, and Sweden.

23 Apr 2020

Biophysicists uncover new features of molecular elevator

Biophysicists from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and the University of Groningen in the Netherlands have visualized a nearly complete transport cycle of the mammalian glutamate transporter homolog from archaea.

21 Apr 2020

Discovery marks a critical step toward developing new anti-cancer drugs

A team of scientists led by the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center and Case Comprehensive Cancer Center has identified the binding site where drug compounds could activate a key braking mechanism against the runaway growth of many types of cancer.

21 Apr 2020