A technological revolution is helping Scripps Research scientists see the molecules that undermine human health, from ...

GRENOBLE, France — After nearly 40 years of research, scientists may be closer than ever to permanently knocking out the flu ... technique involved cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) to ...

An electron microscope image of the CDC’s recreated ... 1918 reconstructed flu are more similar to those found in avian flu viruses than those found in other mammalian flu viruses.

A 3-year-old girl from Durango, Mexico, has died from H5N1 Bird Flu, according to the World Health Organization. The child ...

Electron microscopy revealed that a deadly disease of birds was not a form of flu, but a different type of virus entirely. Ashley started at The Scientist in 2018. Before joining the staff, she worked ...

As the world’s most infamous flu pandemic (often referred to as the Spanish flu) raged from 1918–1920, scientists had very few tools available to help them combat or understand the disease.

University of Manchester scientists have produced the world’s most powerful optical microscope, which could help understand the causes of many viruses and diseases. Writing in the journal Nature ...

Cryoelectron microscopy ... by electron microscopy. Specimens remain in their native state without the need for dyes or fixatives, allowing the study of fine cellular structures, viruses and ...