When a cell divides, it performs a feat of microscopic choreography—duplicating its DNA and depositing it into two new cells.

The original goal was to investigate biological samples on a molecular scale – but this soon led to stubborn technical problems. Eventually, however, the researchers realized that the very source of ...

Scientists have a solid understanding of what makes up spindles — the cellular machinery that separates chromosomes — but are less certain about how the building blocks of spindles, called ...

Consists of chapters selected and translated by C. G. I. Friedlaender and G. Aletan from the editor's Handbuch der Mikroskopie in der Technik. "Tables and diagrams to chapter by G. Rehwald" (24 p.

Voids, or empty spaces, are present in matter of all sizes, from the astronomical to the microscopic. In this study, three-dimensional nanoscale gaps were revealed using advanced mathematical and ...