The membrane-bound organelle appears to play a huge role in helping cells sort, discard, and recycle their contents. It's ...

Characterization of intracellular synapse heterogeneity aides to understand the intricate computational logic of neuronal circuits. Despite recent advances in connectomics, the spatial patterns of ...

Blue sharks get their glow from hidden nanocrystals — and those same structures might let them subtly change color under ...

A set of breakthroughs from scientists at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) is ...

This important study presents a new method for longitudinally tracking cells in two-photon imaging data that addresses the specific challenges of imaging neurons in the developing cortex. It provides ...

High-resolution cryo-electron microscopy makes it possible to study complex enzymatic processes in detail. With this method, a research team of the University of Potsdam and Humboldt-Universität ...

Researchers from Helmholtz Munich and the Technical University of Munich have developed a novel method to track cancer ...

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