The animal kingdom stretches anatomy far beyond human expectations. Some creatures carry organs that rival furniture in size, ...

A team in Germany has shown that mouse brain tissue can regain measurable signs of activity after being preserved in a ...

Tissue optical clearing is a fundamental technique that enhances light penetration deep into biological samples by reducing light scattering through refractive index homogenization. This process ...

Researchers from the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health demonstrate the ability to detect severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection ...

(Nanowerk News) Inside a living cell, proteins and other molecules are often tightly packed together. These dense clusters can be difficult to image because the fluorescent labels used to make them ...

An analysis of a 30,000-year-old fossil vulture from Central Italy has revealed for the first time that volcanic rock can preserve microscopic details in feathers - the first ever record of such a ...

Living brain tissue can now be made transparent, helping scientists see deeper neurons while keeping cells active.

When cells divide, microtubules—a dynamic network of protein filaments—form a mitotic spindle that draws the chromosomes apart and arranges them into two daughter cells. Here, plants and animals ...

(Nanowerk News) Tissue engineering seeks to repair damaged tissues by providing cellular scaffolds that support regeneration. Ideally, these scaffolds should be biocompatible, biodegradable materials ...