New observatories and spacecraft missions are probing environments in our solar system that could potentially host life but have long remained hidden. Icy moons like Saturn’s Enceladus and Jupiter’s ...

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Let's take a look at how to observe cells under a microscope. No prizes for guessing the first thing you'll need: a microscope. But don't worry if you don't have one of your own. Ask your school if ...

As far as research subjects go, it's not always easy to find common ground with a single-celled bacterium. Yet the more Paul Wiggins studies his model bacteria, Acinetobacter baylyi, the more he sees ...

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Like every proud grandma, I love to talk about my grandchildren. I have written in the past about my grandson, William, and his battle with adrenoleukodystrophy, or ALD, a rare genetic disorder that ...

It turns out you can quite literally see an analog signal if the conditions are right—and you look closely enough. Reading time 3 minutes Despite their futuristic appearance—for our money, they’re ...

Figure | Working principle of Interferometric Image Scanning Microscopy (iISM). (a) Schematic of the iISM microscope and interferometric PSF detection. (b) iISM with adaptive pixel-reassignment (APR) ...

Green fluorescent protein has an iconic structure. National Institute of General Medical Sciences/National Institutes of Health via Flickr, CC BY-NC Fruit flies, mice, zebra fish, yeast and the tiny ...