ZURICH, Switzerland - Researchers in Switzerland have created a new kind of microscope that can be used to image samples found in any type of liquid – especially the insides of organs that have been ...

What does a retired cellular biologist do for fun after spending decades peering through a microscope and studying cells that line blood vessels? The answer, for Dr. Arlene Wechezak of Biz Point, was ...

The image shows the set-up of a new microscope so powerful it can allow researchers to see individual molecules. The picture was taken in the dark in order to better show two lasers (blue and green ...

Hedgehog proteins are some of the most important molecules in biology. These proteins help regulate cell growth, specialization, and patterning in the development of embryos by acting as messengers ...

Biomedical research involves getting a close look at what’s happening inside of cells. Usually, that happens after cells are grown on a glass slide and then fixed in place. They can then be treated so ...

An image of the coral Stylophora pistillata taken with the new micrsope, BUMP. Each polyp has a mouth and a set of tentacles, and the red dots are individual microalgae residing inside the coral ...

OSHKOSH, Wis. (WFRV) – The University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh biology students will study with advanced microscopes courtesy of a donation from the Kimberly-Clark organization. Multiple members of the ...

"This microscope is very, very, very unusual," says Keller, a developmental biologist and optical physicist at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Janelia research campus. That's because it's built ...

One look through something called a confocal microscope was all it took for William Sunderland to make a drastic change in his career plans. A math student with what appeared to be a bright future in ...

Intracellular structures responsible for cancer in the livers of rats are being subjected to powerful electron microscope scrutiny by Keith R. Porter, professor of Biology. "By comparing the ...