My search for answers to these stupendously ambitious questions led me, it now seems inexorably, to mitochondria. This idea ...

No one rule captures the full sweep of life’s ingenuity, yet SAI offers a fresh lens, suggesting that aging and fragility are ...

A January executive order by President Donald Trump designates people as female if they make the “large” reproductive cell (the egg) and male if they make the ...

In biology classes from high school through university, I learned that mitochondria are little objects that reside within ...

Researchers developed a new machine learning method that, given a relevant amino acid sequence, can automatically predict the location of a protein in any human cell line down to the single-cell level ...

A 75-person team at Seattle's Allen Institute is embarking on a 10-year project called CellScapes to devise a mathematical ...

Proteins are among the most studied molecules in biology, yet new research shows they can still hold surprising secrets. Researchers have discovered previously undetected chemical bonds within ...

Chemistry professor Chris Chang’s lab studies the chemical biology of the elements, specifically examining the roles that ...

Biology study reveals cells defying reproduction rules, showing how shape impacts division and tissue growth. The post ...

New research reveals that cells don't always become round before dividing, challenging over a century of textbook biology.

How life arose remains a looming question in science that researchers are seeking to answer by studying the features shared among life today. Everything alive is made up of cells, and what made the ...

Mice genetically engineered to lack the ability to make the amino acid cysteine, and fed a cysteine-free diet, lost 30 percent of their body weight in just one week, a new study shows.