The initiative, commonly referred to as INTERSECT, has two primary goals. The first is to use AI, robotics, computer simulation, the lab’s networking expertise and other high-tech tools to reduce the ...

The technology, called Single-Molecule Atomic-Resolution Time-resolved Electron Microscopy (SMART-EM for short), lets scientists observe individual atoms and molecules as they interact during chemical ...

Microbes - alive and thriving -- have been found sealed within a fracture of 2-billion-year-old rock beneath Earth's surface.

Thanks to a mouse watching clips from “The Matrix,” scientists have created the largest functional map of a brain to date.

Concentrating light in a volume as small as the wavelength itself is a challenge that is crucial for numerous applications.

Astronomers have long been puzzled by two strange phenomena at the heart of our galaxy. First, the gas in the central ...

In the lab, the scientists studied small bits of the animal’s shell under an electron microscope ... The curious spheres look like bacteria living on the shell surface, but they’re smaller ...

Under an electron microscope, protein fibers called actin filaments look like braided ropes. Image produced by John Heuser, MD The hippocampus is the seat of memory. If it is damaged, you can ...

Healthy semen looks off-white or slightly yellow with a consistency similar to raw egg whites and a slight scent of ammonia or bleach. Occasionally, it may contain jelly-like clumps ... When viewed ...

The White House has responded to a finding from U.S. District Judge James Boasberg that there is probable cause to hold the ...

Ubiquinone, a metabolite critical to generating energy in cells, has long been thought to be the only mitochondrial electron transport chain carrier in mammals. Although other electron transporters ...

Herpes sores look like blisters filled with fluid, which can break open and then crust before healing. Herpes is usually a mild condition that causes small sores to appear on the skin. People ...