This technique allows samples to be frozen at -200°C to trap membranes in their native state, which can then be observed under an electron microscope. The scientists used baker's yeast ...

A false-colored scanning electron microscope image of a sourdough starter shows starch grains (green), yeast (red) and bacteria (blue). Daniel Veghte , CC BY-SA Giving rise to the starter is the ...

A false-colored scanning electron microscope image of a sourdough starter shows starch grains (green), yeast (red) and bacteria (blue). Daniel Veghte, CC BY-SA. Giving rise to the starter is the ...

The mitotic spindle of the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae will probably be the first such organelle to be understood in molecular detail. Here we describe the mitotic spindle cycle of ...

After thousands of generations, their yeast grew 20,000 times bigger and 10,000 times tougher. SUBSCRIBE. LOG IN. HOME. SCIENCE. ... So they looked even closer, using a scanning electron microscope.

When all you’ve got is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. And when you’ve got a scanning electron microscope, everything must look like a sample that would be really, really interesting ...

While the original electron microscope arrived in the early 1930’s (there’s still a controversy to this day over who invented the very first one), scientists have relied on what are known as ...

Sourdough is the oldest kind of leavened bread in recorded history, and people have been eating it for thousands of years. The components of creating a sourdough starter are very simple – flour ...