Genetically similar bacteria can differ in shape and behavior, even in lab settings. A recent study shows that this ...

Two life forms living together helped spark the evolution of all complex life. By learning to appreciate this process more ...

A study in Nature Genetics uses organotypic gut models to reveal genome-wide genetic determinants of Shigella colonization, spotlighting type III secretion system effectors as crucial for early ...

In order to understand the brain, we need to first understand the morphology of neurons. In the neurobiology community, there have been recent pushes to analyze both neuron connectivity and the ...

Monatomic steps with a height of 0.25 nm on ultraflat Au(111) surfaces during electrochemical dissolution can be seen for the first time by a laser confocal microscope combined with a differential ...

Prochlorococcus, a genus of bacteria that’s key to oxygen production in the ocean, tends to disappear when faced with marine ...

1 Moorfields Eye Hospital, 162 City Rd, London EC1V 2PD, UK 1 Moorfields Eye Hospital, 162 City Rd, London EC1V 2PD, UK Corneal laser refractive surgery is an increasingly common form of optical ...

Fluorescent uranium(V) and uranium(VI) particles were observed for the first time in vivo by a combined laser fluorescence spectroscopy and confocal laser scanning microscopy approach in a living ...

Introduction Diagnosing peripheral lung cancer with the bronchoscope is challenging with near miss of the target lesion as major obstacle. Needle-based confocal laser endomicroscopy (nCLE) enables ...

Under a microscope, ... Bacteria can move up to 14.5 times faster by swimming in fluid halos formed around yeast cells or inert objects, enabling rapid spread across otherwise dry surfaces.