The study introduces new tools for measuring the intracellular calcium concentration close to transmitter release sites, which may be relevant for synaptic vesicle fusion and replenishment. This ...

The Texas measles outbreak has grown to 223 cases, the state reported Tuesday morning. The outbreak began in Gaines County, ...

We asked the experts to explain what makes this year's flu season so unusual. Colored scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of H1N1 influenza (flu) virus particle isolated from a lung cell.

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have shown that water influx is necessary for immune cells called T cells to activate and divide in response to a threat. T cells defend against ...

A two-year-old girl has died from bird flu in Cambodia, officials said, the Southeast Asian nation's second death from the virus this year. The girl caught the virus playing near sick chickens at ...

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Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) A new method can detect Listeria monocytogenes in food samples within 8 hours, significantly faster than the current 24 to 72 hours. This streamlined workflow ...

Institute of Materials Research, Center of Double Helix, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Advanced Layered ...

Photograph by Patrick Junker, laif/Redux This colored scanning electron micrograph shows an islet of Langerhans inside the pancreas. The round cells within the islet of Langerhans are responsible ...

Polymer Engineering and Colloid Science (PECS) Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036, Tamil Nadu, India ...