Researchers have created a portable, affordable method for rapid and precise virus detection. The innovative technique combines confocal fluorescence microscopy with microfluidic laminar flow to detect individual virus particles with high accuracy.

Purdue University researchers have developed one-dimensional boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) embedded with spin qubits, or spin defects, that outperform traditional diamond tips used in scanning probe magnetic-field microscopes in detecting off-axis magnetic fields. With further refinement, these BNNTs have the potential to enable atomic-scale quantum sensing of magnetic fields in all directions.

Researchers at Sanford Burnham Prebys have made a significant breakthrough in understanding how proteasomes—vital cellular machinery responsible for recycling obsolete or damaged proteins—are assembled, thanks to advanced gene editing techniques and cryo-EM. This discovery paves the way for potential new therapies targeting cancer, age-related diseases, and parasitic infections.

Researchers at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria have revealed new insights into HTLV-1 (Human T-cell Leukemia Virus Type 1), a virus associated with aggressive cancers. Their findings suggest that by targeting the virus in its immature form, it may be possible to prevent HTLV-1 from maturing and becoming infectious.

Hans Fried and colleagues from the DZNE describe optimizations in which 3P microscopy enables imaging of tissue at depths well below 1 mm, visualization of subcellular structures, and tracking of cell activity and metabolism.

LMU researchers have developed an innovative DNA origami-based sensor capable of detecting lipid vesicles and delivering molecular cargo with exceptional precision. The new sensor uses single-molecule fluorescence resonance energy transfer to measure the distance between two fluorescent molecules, enabling highly accurate detection and response at the molecular level.