In this close-up examination, abnormal or "mutant" sperm display surprising shapes and structures that differ from typical ...

Ultrastructure expansion microscopy of murine male germ cells reveals the fine molecular structures of centrioles (shown in the enlarged image). DNA is stained in blue, and the chromosome axis in red.

How a sperm and an egg fuse together has long been a mystery. New research by scientists in Austria provides tantalizing clues, showing fertilization works like a lock and key across the animal ...

Using a tiny, spherical glass lens sandwiched between two brass plates, the 17th-century Dutch microscopist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek was the first to officially describe red blood cells and sperm cells ...

The sperm tail moves very rapidly in 3D, not from side-to-side in 2D, as it was believed. Source: Image credited to polymaths-lab[dot]com New state-of-the-art 3D microscope technology combined with ...

An egg cell and a sperm need to hold together tightly in the Fallopian tube in order to fuse, resulting in the creation of a new organism. One key part of this process involves the proteins Juno, on ...

A powerful new microscope called MOSAIC can film living cells in stunning 3D detail, but scientists now need AI to interpret ...