Scientists announced the Biodiversity Cell Atlas project to map every cell type across all eukaryotic life on Earth.

An innovative use of skin cells could provide a route for gay couples or women with fertility problems to have children that ...

Scientists have developed functional eggs from ordinary human skin cells, a proof of concept that could open up new ways to ...

Just like in yeast and animal cells, vacuoles in plants are responsible for breaking down unwanted cellular components. At ...

“It’s possible that the mice weren’t seeing them,” admits Shin, “because the technique has involved a relatively small number of neurons, for technical limitations. But in the future, one could expand ...

More work needs to be done to create viable human embryos, but the method might someday be used in IVF to help infertile people and male couples.

These “zombie” cells are damaged yet refuse to die. Instead, they linger in the body, infect healthy cells, and can ...

A key switch for cellular energy balance has been discovered in cells: it could potentially become the target of new ...

A never-before-seen tubes inside bacteria may hold the key to protecting oranges, lemons, and limes from the damaging citrus ...

Researchers in Qatar have used an algorithm relying on a variant of the popular logic-based puzzle to determine the optimal way to eliminate cluster shading. They have tested the new approach under ...

Gene expression snapshots paint an incomplete picture of development. By tracking cell shape changes in live tissues, scientists may fill in the missing pieces.

The team’s advance changes this. “Ours register only 0.1 volts, which about the same as the neurons in our bodies,” says Yao.