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Researchers Show the Art of Science at University of Bristol’s Annual Competition

From a heart-shaped cell nucleus to a 3D molecular syringe, creative scientists at the University of Bristol have revealed the beauty found in complex and technical research.

16 Dec 2013

Researchers Collect First Direct Evidence Showing How Microbubbles Cause Blood Clot's Demise

Ultrasound-stimulated microbubbles have been showing promise in recent years as a non-invasive way to break up dangerous blood clots. But though many researchers have studied the effectiveness of this technique, not much was understood about why it works. Now a team of researchers in Toronto has collected the first direct evidence showing how these wiggling microbubbles cause a blood clot's demise. The team's findings are featured in the AIP Publishing journal Applied Physics Letters.

16 Dec 2013

Novel Method Involving Tiny Oil Droplets Helps Measure Forces in 3D Tissues

As embryonic tissue develops, cells push and pull on each other, and they must do so correctly for the tissue to develop properly. Now scientists at Harvard University have devised the first method to measure these forces in three-dimensional (3D) tissues and living embryos.

11 Dec 2013

Cryo-Electron Microscopy Reveals Structure of Injectisomes

When attacking body cells, bacteria, such as salmonellae or Yersinia (plague pathogens), inject specific bacterial proteins through hollow, syringe-like structures – called injectisomes – into the host cells. These substances reprogram the cells and can thus overcome their defense. From then on, they can infiltrate the cells unhindered in large numbers, and trigger diseases such as typhus, plague, or cholera.

10 Dec 2013

Inexpensive Imaging Devices Modified into Mini-Microscopes for Low-Cost Detection of Parasitic Infections

Microscopy, being relatively easy to perform at low cost, is the universal diagnostic method for detection of most globally important parasitic infections.

6 Dec 2013

Researchers View Ultrafast Formation of Recycled Vesicles

University of Utah and German biologists discovered how nerve cells recycle tiny bubbles or “vesicles” that send chemical nerve signals from one cell to the next.

6 Dec 2013

New Spectroscopy Technique Offers Never-Before-Seen Look at Functionality of Electrodes

A new technique developed at Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source could help scientists better understand and improve the materials required for high-performance lithium-ion batteries that power EVs and other applications.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 5 Dec 2013

Electron Cryo-Microscopy Helps Visualize Key Protein Related to Pain and Heat

In a technical tour de force, UC San Francisco (UCSF) scientists have determined, at near-atomic resolution, the structure of a protein that plays a central role in the perception of pain and heat.

5 Dec 2013

Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Helps Detect Rotational States of Molecules

Scientists at EPFL have used scanning tunneling microscopy to detect rotational states of molecules for the first time.

30 Nov 2013

New Microscopy Technique Greatly Enhances 3D Resolution

A team of researchers from the IMP Vienna together with collaborators from the Vienna University of Technology established a new microscopy technique which greatly enhances resolution in the third dimension. In a simple set-up, the scientists used the translation of position information of fluorescent markers into color information.

30 Nov 2013