A hidden structure inside the cell is rewriting how scientists understand leukemia. Beneath the microscope, what looked like ...

Plant a seed and, if the conditions are right, the seed grows. The process seems simple enough at first glance and is something many of us may feel like we learned in elementary school.

Scientists have created the world’s first mosquito cell map, revealing how these insects spread diseases like dengue and Zika ...

A quick, purification-free method was developed by researchers at the Institute of Science Tokyo, to capture the detailed 3D ...

Around the globe, heart disease remains one of the top causes of death. Once patients begin to suffer from serious heart ...

Arabidopsis thaliana was always an unlikely candidate for the limelight. But 25 years ago, the diminutive thale cress ...

EMBL researchers have been using a powerful technique called expansion microscopy to peek deeper inside living organisms and ...

In the first week after conception, your pregnancy begins with a tiny cluster of cells. Your body starts making important ...

At times, aging doesn’t become evident in wrinkles or in gray hair, it occurs deep inside your body, in cells that have ceased to divide but are still alive. These “zombie cells,” or senescent cells ...

The RAD52-DNA complex is a dynamic guardian of genomic stability. When this balance falters, cells may either self-destruct or, worse, turn cancerous.

How do stem cells know what to become? Nearly three decades after scientists isolated the first human embryonic stem cells, researchers are still working hard to understand precisely how a single, ...

How do you turn toxic waste into fuel? Ask the microbe! A team of scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, together with a ...