Researchers use cryo-electron microscopy to reveal how sodium ions power bacterial flagellar motors, providing insights for ...

The short answer is; no. We will never see atoms using visible light, simply because the wavelength of visible light (around 400 to 700 nanometers) is larger than the size of an atom (around 0.1 to ...

Owing to the high energies of the electrons (typically ... a certain value of residual aberration is that atomic-resolution electron microscopy is mainly based on phase contrast.

When speaking of motors, most people think of those powering vehicles and human machinery. However, biological motors have ...

By reexamining 3D images used to map the connections between brain cells, researchers are uncovering new information about a small, elusive, and often overlooked cellular appendage.

New research shows that a network of subcellular structures similar to those responsible for propagating molecular signals ...

When all you’ve got is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. And when you’ve got a scanning electron microscope, everything must look like a sample that would be really, really interesting ...

Current optical and electron microscopy imaging techniques are not suited for measuring the dynamic characteristics of living microorganisms at tiny scales due to complex sample preparation methods or ...

A joint research team from the LKS Faculty of Medicine (HKUMed) and the Faculty of Science at the University of Hong Kong has uncovered an unexpected interaction between chemotherapeutic agents and a ...

Protein complex in bacterial cell membrane acts like a rotary motor to recruit DNA-degrading enzymes to defend against phage ...

One major category of the next generation of energy-efficient microelectronic devices and information processing technologies ...

The Cryo-Electron Microscope (cryo-EM) market has witnessed significant advancements in recent years, driven by the increasing demand for high-resolution imaging techniques across various industries.