Though scientists don’t yet know much about it, a newly described process called erebosis might have profound implications for how the gut maintains itself.

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A new technique reveals cells’ precise locations and functions in the brain. Its developers have already used it to identify a previously unknown neuron type.

A new methodology combines existing techniques to reveal the specific function and location of multiple types of neurons at once.

The COVID-19 pandemic is still with us. Biomedical innovation has rallied to address that pressing concern while continuing to tackle broader research challenges.

Armed with improved imaging techniques and supercomputers, researchers are generating detailed three-dimensional images of cellular structures that anyone can explore.

The G-baToN prototype transfers GFP between cells, illuminating cell-cell contacts.

Electron microscopy revealed that a deadly disease of birds was not a form of flu, but a different type of virus entirely.

Researchers use advanced imaging techniques to see what happens when a male and a female mate.

The liquid biopsy, which detects cell-free tumor DNA, spotted undiagnosed cancers in some women, but had a greater number of false positives and false negatives.

Using advanced microscopy and imaging techniques, scientists have revealed new parts of the human body and overturned previous misconceptions.

New methods of visualizing tissue are presented at the Society for Neuroscience meeting.

The long-time Marine Biological Laboratory scientist was known for using his own hand-built microscopes to image the dynamics of live cells.