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

A team of US researchers has gained new insights into how large protein molecules consistently fold themselves into useful shapes. Using a new approach to fluorescence microscopy, Hoi Sung Chung and ...

Fluorescence microscopy has transformed the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by exploiting fluorescent dyes or probes that bind selectively to mycobacterial cell walls. Auramine-O staining ...

Biologists are very interested in how proteins, lipids and other compounds are organized and interact in systems. Very few organizational details can be gained by using standard transmission-based ...

A new study presents a fluorescence imaging-based technique to measure the activity rates of individual scramblase proteins.

Scientists have developed a new way of counting labeled proteins in living cells that could become a standard and valuable tool in the field of biomedical research. The method was developed by a team ...

A mechanosensitive fluorescent probe visualises and quantifies the mechanical stress on bacterial membranes upon contact with a surface. (Nanowerk News) In natural environments, bacteria rarely live ...

Researchers have developed a new, more accurate method for determining the degree of labeling in fluorescence microscopy. An international collaboration of researchers led by the University of ...

A new two-photon fluorescence microscope developed at UC Davis can capture high-speed images of neural activity at cellular resolution thanks to a new adaptive sampling scheme and line illumination.

A new single-protein analysis technique gives researchers an unprecedented ability to study proteins called scramblases, ...

Multicolor EM image of a fungus-infected fly. The nuclei (green) and mitochondria (purple) of the fungus are visible along with the surface structures (SEM) of the fungus-infected fly. This work was ...

Microscopy is an imaging technique that enables us to see a world that would otherwise be invisible to us. Once upon a time, visualizing cells, microbes and other entities not perceptible to the naked ...