Plant a seed and, if the conditions are right, the seed grows. The process seems simple enough at first glance and is something many of us may feel like we learned in elementary school.

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EMBL researchers have been using a powerful technique called expansion microscopy to peek deeper inside living organisms and ...

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An experimental compound reduced the cell death, inflammation, and organ damage seen with diabetes.

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Plankton are the invisible engines of life on Earth, producing much of the planet's oxygen and forming the foundation of the ...

Arabidopsis thaliana was always an unlikely candidate for the limelight. But 25 years ago, the diminutive thale cress ...

Research on quercetin and omega-3-loaded LHNs reveals their potential in reducing biofilm formation and supporting skin cell ...

Plankton are the invisible engines of life on Earth, producing much of the planet's oxygen and forming the foundation of the oceanic food chain.

A pandemic-era breakthrough has allowed scientists to literally expand our view of plankton. By using ultrastructure expansion microscopy, researchers visualized the inner workings of hundreds of ...

Researchers from UNIGE and EMBL reveal the internal structure of over hundreds of plankton species, paving the way for a global cellular atlas.