Lurking among them is a “giant” virus, a genetic behemoth that blurs the line between the living and the inanimate. When this ...

In a quiet freshwater pond in Ibaraki Prefecture near Tokyo, researchers have pulled from the water a microscopic giant that ...

Apple snails are just one example of how invasive species can quickly become a nightmare for farmers.

A new species of small toad has been discovered in the highlands of Guyana, Adhaerobufo wokomungensis, living in isolated ...

The principle of centrifugal separation is ancient, but its modern industrial application is a feat of precision engineering.

The bones belonged to a prehistoric elephant, that much was certain, but they came from a species unlike any documented ...

Tucked away in the northeastern corner of Mississippi lies a natural wonderland that feels like it was plucked from another ...

By combining two fundamentally different microscopy techniques, researchers can now measure the optical properties of a ...

FRANKFURT. With a so-called cryo plasma-FIB (Plasma Focused Ion Beam) scanning electron microscope with nanomanipulator, the Goethe University in Frankfurt (Germany) is expanding its research ...

Specifically, scientists have worked with “exosomes” — tiny biological mail trucks that stem cells dispatch to tell neighbors ...

Colorado’s search for the hungry, invasive mussels has revealed populations along the Colorado River. Now it’s time to check ...

Goethe University Frankfurt (Germany) ceremonially commissioned a state-of-the-art cryo plasma-FIB scanning electron microscope with nanomanipulator worth more than 5 million euros on Thursday. The ...