The immune system provides constant surveillance for the body, aiming to spot and eliminate disease-causing microbes or ...

A new kind of microscope is giving scientists a way to watch life inside cells with a clarity that feels almost unfair.

New NE-AFM method measures nuclear stiffness in living cells. It shows cancer nuclei change softness with chromatin and environment, aiding diagnosis and treatment. By employing a technique called ...

(a) A scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of the nanoneedle probe used for the measurements. (b) Elasticity map of a 1 µm × 1 µm area on the nuclear surface, showing the change in elasticity ...