Can the bend of a banana give us insight into cancer? What does the shape of a rice grain have to do with infertility? The ...

Every second, hundreds to thousands of molecules move through thousands of nuclear pores in each of your cells. A new ...

A eukaryote is any cell or organism that possesses a clearly defined nucleus. Eukaryotic cells form the foundation of complex, multicellular life, including apple trees, mushrooms, fish and humans.

The origin of many diseases begins at the cellular level and involves multiple molecular interactions. However, previous ...

Who were our earliest ancestors? The answer could lie in a special group of single-celled organisms with a cytoskeleton similar to that of complex organisms, such as animals and plants. Ten years ago, ...

Ten years ago, nobody knew that Asgard archaea even existed. In 2015, however, researchers examining deep-sea sediments discovered gene fragments that indicated a new and previously undiscovered form ...