Have you ever wondered what makes shark skin so tough and sleek? It's dermal denticles—tiny, tooth-like structures that cover ...

Researchers at the University of Victoria have developed a new imaging technique that could change the way scientists see the ...

More than 97% of electron microscope images aren’t reported in peer-reviewed scientific papers, according to a large-scale ...

Long interspersed nuclear element-1 (LINE-1 or L1) is the only active, self-copying genetic element in the human ...

New research led by the University of Victoria (UVic) and published in Nature Communications, opens the door to more accessible microscopy for labs around the world. The new technique allows for ...

Epilepsy is a disease characterized by recurrent seizures due to abnormalities in brain nerve cells. A new study has been ...

We can see the virus here thanks to cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM), an extremely cool imaging technique that lets ...

U of A inaugurates Alberta Cryo-EM facility. This centre is now home of cryo-electron microscope capable of speeding up medical discoveries.