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Delve into the tactics used by scientists to overcome fluorescence microscopy’s greatest obstacles.

Researchers took a mind-bending trip to understand the connections between psychedelic compounds produced by fungi, plants, and humans.

The sea slug has helped scientists in their quest to understand how neurons encode memories.

To support thousands of incoming connections, neurons use sophisticated transportation networks for delivering mRNA to faraway regions.

Technological advancements over the last two decades transformed volume electron microscopy, improving usability, resolution, and throughput.

A third generation glutamate sensor with a fluorescent readout offers insights into neuronal communication.

Prime editing is one of the most promising forms of genome editing because it uses only single-stranded DNA breaks.

Drug repurposing uses existing drugs beyond the scope in which they were originally approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

From humble yet ingenious beginnings to Nobel recognition, cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) provides insights into scientific questions that other technologies are unable to answer.

Scientists hack the locust brain to identify the unique odor signatures of oral cancers.

CITE-seq draws upon the unbiased nature of single-cell RNA sequencing to gather new insights about protein and gene expression within the same cell.

Free-swimming bacteria settle on a surface to cooperate and form a protective biofilm.

From spatial structuring to policing, cooperative bacteria have a wide toolkit to contain the spread of cheaters.