Cells have always hummed with activity. They make their own energy, package it into molecules like ATP, and spend it ...

How much does life weigh? It sounds like a strange question, but to biologists it makes all the sense in the world. Yeast ...

For the first time, high-resolution time-lapse videos of tiny bits of living plants show how they assemble their protective cell walls, researchers report March 21 in Science Advances. The image ...

Cell division is an essential process for all life on earth, yet the exact mechanisms by which cells divide during early ...

Most human nerve cells last a lifetime without renewal. A trait echoed within the cells' components, some enduring as long as the organism itself. Most human nerve cells last a lifetime without ...

In a first, scientists have designed immune cells that protect stem cell transplants from being rejected by the body — and they could someday open the door for a cure for diabetes. The new cells, ...

Scientists have found a way to make perovskite solar cells not only highly efficient but also remarkably stable, addressing ...

Scientists published more than three dozen papers as part of the Human Cell Atlas, an effort to map the human body cell by cell. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

A team at Kobe University has created a game-changing resource for autism research: 63 mouse embryonic stem cell lines, each carrying a genetic mutation strongly associated with the disorder. By ...

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