The electron microscope reveals that these infectious particles possess three principal types of symmetry. Each species of virus is ingeniously assembled from just a few kinds of building block By ...

New scanning and transmission electron microscope images of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus taken at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Rocky Mountain Laboratories show the virus’s ...

When they combined sets of these images ... to using an electron microscope, the new imaging technique can allow researchers to know with greater certainty where virus components are in a cell ...

Scripps Research scientists used a cryo-electron microscope to create this image of a piece of the potentially deadly Lassa virus. (Hailee Perrett, Scripps Research) The “resolution revolution ...

An electron microscope image of the CDC’s recreated 1918 Influenza virus, seen here, 18 hours after infection. Courtesy: CDC/Dr. Terrence Tumpey Despite recent advances in microbiology ...

Scientists have now used advanced imaging techniques to provide a detailed look at how a tiny virus, known as a ... data from single particle cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) and cryo-electron ...

Brazil, the world’s largest chicken exporter, has confirmed its first outbreak of bird flu on a poultry farm, triggering a ...

Until now. Two laboratories recently used cryo-electron microscopy to directly image atoms in a protein molecule with a resolution of about 1.2 x 10-7 millimeters or 1.2 ångströms. The previous ...

Modifying ultracold liquid helium electron microscopy by replacing copper specimen holders with gold and reducing hole size minimizes ice expansion and movement, significantly enhancing image ...