Billions of years ago, a rock crack exuding heat could have brought different biomolecules together to kickstart protein ...

The study, led by biologists at Harvard University, found that the slugs build sac-like structures known as kleptosomes out of their own cells in which the chloroplasts are stashed. The kleptosomes ...

Manu Prakash empowers communities through low cost scientific tools like his origami microscope, opening access to discovery ...

Poor hygiene: Not washing the scalp regularly can lead to the buildup of oils and dead skin cells, which in turn promotes ... taken to be looked at more closely under a microscope. This helps to ...

Salt water actually changes the properties of human skin in ways that explain why your face feels like leather after a day at ...

Microplastics have permeated the region’s food chain, hitting countries like Indonesia and the Philippines the hardest. The programme Insight looks at the health risks and what is being done to boot ...

Will eating mold make you sick? You are enjoying your breakfast when you notice that your banana muffin seems to have grown a patch of fuzzy green dots. You have already taken a bite or two. Now, you ...

“This research shows that people with COPD seem to gather a lot more carbon in their lung cells. These cells also look and ...

Trinity College Dublin now has Ireland's first and only BioBrillouin microscope, which will enable researchers to make giant ...

A USB Microscope may sound like little more than a novelty toy, but it can actually be an incredibly useful tool for ...

The intricate, hidden processes that sustain coral life are being revealed through a new microscope developed by scientists ...

After the first observations of life under the microscope, it took two centuries of research before the 'cell theory', the idea that all living things are composed of cells or their products, was ...