Can the bend of a banana give us insight into cancer? What does the shape of a rice grain have to do with infertility? The ...

Mitochondria are essential for cell survival, repair, and adaptation. Not only do they generate most of the energy needed ...

How does a single cell reliably build one of the most complex structures known in nature? New research suggests the answer ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising new way that giant embryonic cells divide—without relying on the classic “purse-string” ring long thought essential for splitting a cell in two. Studying ...

Neurodegenerative disease profoundly affects structures and pathways responsible for memory, cognition, and higher-order ...

How do biological cells join forces to form a structure? In her Ph.D. research, Daphne Nesenberend uses mathematics to show ...

By freezing a crucial phosphoric acid complex to near absolute zero, scientists uncovered a single, unexpectedly stable structure at the heart of proton transport.

Our immune system relies on T cells to fight infections. But T cells don't just show up and react—first, they train, get a game plan, and coordinate their defenses in lymphoid organs. Researchers have ...

Your brain begins as a single cell. When all is said and done, it will house an incredibly complex and powerful network of some 170 billion cells. How does it organize itself along the way? Cold ...