In a first, scientists use new tech to see inside cancer cells

This technique might also help doctors understand how some cancer cells resist radiation treatment, among other benefits. Read More

Scientists Can Now See Inside a Single Cancer Cell

A team in the UK has found a new window into cancer, thanks to a novel imaging technique that allows them to take a detailed look at the fatty cargo inside a single tumor cell. The tech could make it ... Read More

Energy scientists unravel the mystery of gold's glow

EPFL researchers have developed the first comprehensive model of the quantum-mechanical effects behind photoluminescence in thin gold films; a discovery that could drive the development of solar fuels ... Read More

Scientist Says Universe Is Actually Exploding

A version of this article appears in the October 10, 1931 issue of Science News. Love our Health & Medicine stories? Our coverage would not be possible without the generous support of subscribers ... Read More

Cell Biology News

19, 2024 — Researchers have revealed the regulatory mechanism of a specific protein, TRBP, that plays a key role in balancing the immune response triggered by viral infections in mammal cells. Read More

Scientists study lipids cell by cell, making new cancer research possible

Imagine being able to look inside a single cancer cell and see how it communicates with its neighbors. Scientists are celebrating a new technique that lets them study the fatty contents of cancer ... Read More

Finally, scientists are making progress on long COVID

Many children died or were disabled by diseases that we can now fend off with ... she notes, are not so lucky. They’re waiting and hoping that science will help them move on from this wretched ... Read More

Scientists identify airway cells that sense aspirated water and acid reflux

When a mouthful of water goes down the wrong pipe—heading toward a healthy person's lungs instead of their gut—they start ... internal organs can act as gatekeepers to the outside world ... Read More

Scientists uncover the cells that save you when water goes down the wrong pipe

It turns out that this familiar, protective response is instigated by rare, tiny cells in your airways, scientists ... and they're considered rare because they make up less than 0.5% of the ... Read More

Scientists are breeding 'super corals.' Can they withstand climate change?

She puts on a headlamp with a red light and peers into large tanks of water in a marine science ... they also able to compete with other corals on the reef? Can we maintain enough genetic ... Read More

Energy Scientists Unravel the Mystery of Gold’s Glow

The nanoscale behavior of electrons as they absorb and then re-emit light can ... glow. The data generated from their precise experiments was so detailed – and so unexpected – that they collaborated ... Read More