Cells, the fundamental building blocks of life, are constantly subjected to a variety of mechanical forces within our bodies.

Winners of the Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition captured insects, cancer cells, cat claws and more ...

Nikon's annual Small World competition showcases images of a world that humans can't usually see, as captured through the ...

Extremely close-up images of a cannabis plant, spider eyes and a mouse brain are among the winners of the 50th annual Nikon ...

Immunotherapies that mobilize a patient's own immune system to fight cancer have become a treatment pillar. These therapies, ...

Nikon Small World has unveiled the amazing images of teeny, tiny creatures living among us but rarely seen that won its 2024 ...

Inside every cell, a network of tiny filaments, called the microtubule cytoskeleton, helps maintain the cell's shape, allows ...

From spines on neurons to pollen on an insect’s eye, the winners of Nikon’s Small World photo contest offer a kaleidoscopic ...

Using computation modeling, the team designed and tested a light-controlled version of septin-7, an internal protein ...

The cytoskeleton of eukaryotic cells is made of filamentous proteins, and it provides mechanical support to the cell and its cytoplasmic constituents. All cytoskeletons consist of three major ...

For 50 years now, camera company Nikon has been highlighting microscopic marvels with the annual Nikon Small World ...

The 50th rendition of the annual competition showcases butterfly wings on the tips of needles and cells from mouse brains.