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 ...

After the first observations of life under the microscope, it took two centuries of research before the 'cell theory', the idea that all living things are composed of cells or their products, was ...

Scientists have successfully grown over 400 different types of nerve cells from stem cells in the lab—a groundbreaking step toward replicating the complexity of the human brain.

Nerves look blue in the reconstructed view of a genetically engineered mouse (left) whose neurons produce a fluorescent ...

Hemifusomes are fused vesicles, or sacs of fluid, that were previously unknown to exist inside cells. They were discovered ...

Nerve cells are not just nerve cells. Depending on how finely we distinguish, there are several hundred to several thousand ...

Fred Hutch researchers have created a gene-expression map of glial cells of the tiny worm, C. elegans, adding the missing ...

A team has made a major breakthrough in the field of three-dimensional (3D) imaging of large-scale biological tissues. They ...

The intricate, hidden processes that sustain coral life are being revealed through a new microscope developed by scientists ...

Charlie Health reports that summer intensifies body image concerns and eating disorders, especially among young people and social media users.

Italy First Marian Image Canonically Crowned Under Pope Benedict XVI Share this article : Lay workers and priests of a parish outside Manila have observed increasing Mass attendance throughout a ...

But now, an international team of scientists has created the first map showing every neuron and connection in an adult ... scanned using a high-powered electron microscope to reveal the individual ...