Modern fluorescence microscopy can generate images of living cells as stunning to look at as they are informative to study.

We tend to view ourselves and the complex cells that build us as a distinct branch of the tree of life from the compact, ...

All cells in animals, plants, fungi, and protists share a fundamental characteristic: they are eukaryotic cells—complex cells ...

Genetics tools have advanced significantly in recent decades, and have allowed scientist to sequence all of the genetic material they find in any sample. That has enabled researchers to discover giant ...

The team used the computing power of the MareNostrum series of supercomputers to analyze public genomic data spanning biodiversity as a whole.

The most complex engineering of human cell lines ever has been achieved by scientists, revealing that our genomes are more resilient to significant structural changes than was previously thought.

An artist’s depiction of an Asgard archaeon, based on cryo-electron tomography data: the cell body and appendages feature thread-like skeletal structures, similar to those found in complex cells with ...

Multicellular organisms, like animals and plants, have complex cells with diverse functions. This complexity arises from the need for cells to produce distinct proteins that interact with each other.

Stored in an open-air warehouse in tropical Darwin, Australia, are trays of cylindrical rock cores drilled decades ago by ...

The evolution of complex life is strictly dependent on mitochondria, the tiny power stations found in all complex cells, according to a new study by Dr Nick Lane, from UCL (University College London), ...