A light microscopy image of a cross section of a Populus trichocarpa stem (diameter of full section: 5 millimeters). The magenta color in the cells […]
Category: Biotech
Deploying electric harps and muzzles to protect bees from Asian hornets
The Asian hornet is feared to pose a major threat to honey production, pollination services, biodiversity, and native hornet, bee, and wasp populations. Credit: CABI […]
Researchers glimpse the inner workings of protein language models
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Within the past few years, models that can predict the structure or function of proteins have been widely used for a […]
Triangle structured illumination microscopy developed for sustained live-cell super-resolution imaging
3I-SIM enables faster and gentler live-cell organelle imaging. a, b. Comparison of photobleaching on fluorescent proteins under different illumination modes and excitation strategies between conventional […]
Model reroutes livestock trucks to reduce risk of infection
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new study from North Carolina State University looked at reducing between-farm infections by modeling a new way of routing the […]
Study shows sound can make beer brew faster
A look behind the scenes of a University of Otago experiment that found sound can speed up the fermentation process of beer by 21–31 hours. […]
Microfluidic platform mimics blood microenvironment to monitor parasite spread by ticks
The in vitro platform enables acquisition of composite confocal images showing B. microti mitochondria stained with MitoTracker Green inside red blood cells (RBCs, phase contrast). […]
Lab-grown stem cells initiate key steps of human egg and sperm formation
This fluorescence microscopy image shows induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) that, for the first time, have been induced to enter and partially proceed through meiosis, […]