Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) can help scientists determine the three-dimensional structure of proteins in unprecedented detail. Jacques Dubochet, former group leader at EMBL, shared the 2017 ...

Werner Heisenberg's famous uncertainty principle describes one of the most intriguing features of quantum physics: certain pairs of physical quantities describing a particle, such as position and ...

Stretching protein samples in all directions pulls molecules farther apart, allowing them to be visualized using only light ...

Nearly 100 years ago, a seemingly simple discovery revolutionized the microscope. The introduction of phase contrast, which ...

Periodontal (gum) disease is one of the most prevalent diseases worldwide, caused by the bacterium Porphyromonas gingivalis ...

How large, fully folded proteins can pass through cell membranes without destroying them has long been one of the open ...

By 2050, scientists estimate that antibiotic-resistant infections will be associated with more than eight million deaths ...

IIT Kanpur scientists have unlocked the mystery behind the C5aR2 immune receptor's unique function. Using advanced cryo-EM, ...

TEHRAN - On Saturday, July 4, I attended the massive, multi-million-person funeral procession for Iran’s martyred Leader with ...

Unlike almost every other kind of microscope, atomic-force microscopes (AFMs) don’t use any kind of optical beam to image ...