Billions of years of evolution have made modern cells incredibly complex. Inside cells are small compartments called ...

Cells, the basic building blocks of plants and organisms, are divided into many small, specialized compartments by membranes. Cellular materials and molecules are constantly exchanged between these ...

The membrane that surrounds cells in living organisms is extremely flexible and sensitive. How it protects itself from damage ...

Researchers have found that cellular droplets function in more diverse ways than previously known. The ability to fission ...

Vitamin B1, also known as thiamine, is essential for the survival of our cells. The human body can't produce it, but we can maintain healthy levels of this vitamin by eating foods like salmon, legumes ...

Though they live only a few hours before dividing, bacteria can anticipate the approach of cold weather and prepare for it.

Researchers at Kyushu University have discovered a vital role for calcium in getting rid of dead cells in our body’s ...

Fossil evidence of how the earliest life on Earth came to be is hard to come by. But scientists have come up with a few ...

Researchers at Forschungszentrum Julich have now used cryo-electron microscopy to uncover intriguing new information. Known from the photosynthetic system of plants, algae, and bacteria, the membrane ...

Scientists from EMBL Heidelberg and the University of Virginia have uncovered an intriguing mechanism by which cells adapt to ...

Each toxin found in black widow venom targets the nervous system in a unique way. Among these substances, α-latrotoxin stands out. It is known to paralyze insects and crustaceans, and is poisonous to ...

The work presented will be of interest to cancer biologists and more broadly to those interested in NSCLC translational studies. Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the most common subtype of lung ...