Bacteria build nanoweapons when their cell envelope is damaged, striking back with precision. Researchers triggered this response using an ultra-sharp tip. (Nanowerk News) Some bacteria deploy tiny ...

(Nanowerk News) The spread of cancer cells from primary tumors to other parts of the body remains the leading cause of cancer-related deaths. The research groups of Roderick Lim and Cora-Ann ...

Nuclear pore complexes are more dynamic than previously thought, reshaping our understanding of a vital transport process in cells. An international study led by the University of Basel (Switzerland) ...

Writing in Nature Nanotechnology, Roderick Lim and colleagues 3 now show that AFM measurements of the stiffness of human breast biopsies reveal unique mechanical fingerprints that help define the ...

“With the high-speed AFM we could, for the first time, peer inside native nuclear pore complexes only forty nanometers in size,” study coauthor Roderick Lim of the University of Basel said in a ...

Some bacteria deploy tiny spearguns to retaliate against rival attacks. Researchers at the University of Basel mimicked attacks by poking bacteria with an ultra-sharp tip. Using this approach, they ...