Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) has become the go-to method for life scientists around the world to view molecular details and protein structures in 3D, generating breakthroughs in the research of ...

Researchers at the VIB-VUB Center for Structural Biology have developed a new microfluidics-based workflow that enables ...

Our Assistant Editor, Aisha Al-Janabi, discusses the recent applications of cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) and cryogenic electron tomography (cryo-ET) to uncover how cells function, as well ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University experts in the College of Science and Rosen Center for Advanced Computing have launched Molecular Intelligence, a software company whose solutions help ...

Using technologies like electron microscopy (EM) it is possible to capture molecular mechanisms in great detail, but not when these mechanisms are currently moving. The field of cryomicroscopy ...

Ed Twomey distinctly remembers his first encounters with a Titan Krios, a hulking electron microscope more than 10 feet tall and the weight of a rhinoceros, its internal temperature colder than any ...

Scientists have known for decades that opioids relieve pain by binding to molecular switches in the brain called mu-opioid ...

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ByteDance has pitched into life sciences. Last October, this internet tech giant invested in the biotech startup Shuimu BioSciences (Shuimu), a company leveraging the power of ...

Radiation damage remains the principal limitation in achieving higher resolution in cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM), despite advances in cryoprotection and low-dose imaging. Researchers have ...

Cryo-EM is rapidly becoming the method of choice for structural biologists and biochemists around the world, helping these scientists accelerate their research and expand their analytical capabilities ...