But now, by combining an optical microscope with a transparent microsphere, dubbed the ‘microsphere nanoscope’, the Manchester researchers can see 20 times smaller – 50 nanometres (5 x 10-8m) – under ...

The replication of the Nipah virus's genetic material in infected cells has been demonstrated for the first time by ...

Let’s look closely at the life cycle of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) – the virus that causes AIDS – to find out. This transmission electron microscopy image shows HIV viral particles (yellow ...

A combination of imaging techniques reveals how herpes simplex virus type 1 assembles within infected cells, highlighting the roles of essential viral proteins in viral assembly and exit.

Aa Aa Aa Viruses are the smallest microorganisms ... Caveolae are small invaginations of the cell's plasma membrane. Under the electron microscope, caveolae look to be flask-shape pits about ...

Cryoelectron microscopy ... by electron microscopy. Specimens remain in their native state without the need for dyes or fixatives, allowing the study of fine cellular structures, viruses and ...

This is a leaf surface under a scanning electron microscope. Both types of electron ... a better understanding of how pathogens, such as viruses, invade cells, like these HIV particles budding ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. New scanning and transmission electron microscope images of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus taken at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious ...