A highly detailed image shared on social media in 2020 showed the complex microscopic components that make up an animal cell. The image was shared on both Reddit and Twitter on Nov. 7, 2020, by ...

Every cell in the body has the same DNA, but different cell types—such as muscle or brain cells—use different parts of it.

In April 2021, an image went viral on social media platforms that was represented as follows: "This is not a painting. It is the most detailed image of a human cell to date, obtained via radiography, ...

Yoshinori Osumi, the 2016 winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 大臣官房人事課 via Wikimedia Commons Even the best-made machines eventually break down. And the human body, made up of millions ...

Scientists found a previously unrecognized organelle in fruit flies, a thoroughly studied organism. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

For billions of years, single-celled creatures had the planet to themselves, floating through the oceans in solitary bliss. Some microorganisms attempted multicellular arrangements, forming small ...

A group of traits common among domesticated animals may arise when a wandering group of multitasking embryonic cells lose their way, a new theory of domestication proposes. The wandering cells are ...