For decades, scientists have known that bacteria can exchange genetic material, in a process called horizontal gene transfer.

Previously unmapped sections of the genome explain how cells sense their mechanical environment and could open new paths for ...

They derive their energy from differences in the concentration of hydrogen ions across some of these membranes ...

Life cycles require the creation of an autonomous individual, that individual’s growth and that individual’s reproduction In ...

The amount of any given protein in a cell has to be controlled to keep its levels within a range required for healthy ...

The Yale labs of Craig Roy and Jun Liu have harnessed the power of cryo-EM to solve a 30-year mystery of how the Legionella ...

Just as life pulsates in big vibrant cities, it also prospers in crowded environments inside cells. The interior of cells is ...

Brookhaven National Laboratory have discovered a new recipe for catalysts that could dramatically improve the performance and durability of fuel-cell vehicles—especially trucks and other heavy-duty ...

UCSF scientists discovered that an overlooked cell type in the brain plays a central role in healing traumatic brain injury.

A multinational research team has discovered a mysterious tubular structure — previously unknown in any organism — within ...

Comparing a map of the neurons in a nematode worm - the connectome - with a map of how signals travel across those neurons ...

Abstract: Cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) allows to visualize the cellular context at macromolecular level. To date, the impossibility of obtaining a reliable ground truth is limiting the ...