Temporarily disabling a protein complex that organizes DNA into loops inside the cell's nucleus drastically disrupted the ...

At first sight, stromatolites may seem unremarkable. The stromatolite formations found in Shark Bay, Western Australia, do ...

Using the tool kit, the team then achieved resolution high enough to visualize endosomes shuttling cargo into the cell’s ...

Scientists at Oregon Health & Science University have uncovered a previously unknown system of internal “trade winds” that ...

Scientists transplant photosynthetic nanoparticles into rats and rabbits with degenerative diseases to boost energy, restore ...

When oil is dropped in water, the oil droplets stay separate. Cells can also use a system like this to separate or gather ...

Recently, Assoc. Prof. Bo Peng (Northwestern Polytechnical University) and Prof. Lin Li (Xiamen University), et ...

Once viewed only as power generators, mitochondria are now understood to play a role in mental illness. Their ability to ...

Researchers have identified a physical process called “mitochondrial pearling” that explains how cells keep their ...

You probably learned most of these terms back in school - things like DNA, mitochondria, or photosynthesis. They sounded ...

Today's nearly $70 billion U.S. biofuels economy is powered by two technology toolboxes. Biochemical technologies—used to produce around 17 billion gallons of ethanol annually—leverage microorganisms ...