University of Tokyo researchers have created a powerful new microscope that captures both forward- and back-scattered light ...

Influenza viruses are among the most likely triggers of future pandemics. A research team from the Helmholtz Center for Infection Research (HZI) and the Medical Center—University of Freiburg has ...

For the first time, researchers at Umeå University, Sweden, can now show how the dreaded poliovirus behaves when it takes over an infected cell and tricks the cell into producing new virus particles.

A hidden structure inside the cell is rewriting how scientists understand leukemia. Beneath the microscope, what looked like ...

In the intricate architecture of plant tissues, beauty often emerges from chaos, according to new research from Cornell ...

One giant photo looks like a cocoon enmeshed in strands of silk. Another, like a distant nebula as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope. A third brings to mind rivulets of lava pouring down the sides of ...