Cells make up all life on Earth. Cells are the smallest unit of life. All cells have specific structures, called components. Models in science are used to help us understand complicated ideas in a ...

A look at the cells of different organisms and a comparison of the structures found in plant and animal cells. All animal cells are surrounded by a membrane which contains the cytoplasm. Nearly all ...

Scientists in Japan have created hybrid plant-animal cells, essentially making animal cells that can gain energy from sunlight like plants. The breakthrough could have major benefits for growing ...

As plants evolved from an aquatic to a land environment, their gametes became transmitted through the air by insects or wind and they lost the ability to make the flagella that are used by animals and ...

Cancer cells can boost their own growth by stealing energy-generating parts from nearby immune cells. We already knew that some cell types grow nanotubes, tentacle-like structures made of a protein ...