T his past year, we explored a lot of new cell biology research—from cancer to plants to microbes, and more! It’s hard to ...

Scientists at Duke-NUS Medical School have developed two powerful computational tools that could transform how researchers ...

One of the biggest quests in biology is understanding how every cell in an animal's body carries an identical genome yet ...

Creating physiologically relevant conditions for cells that replicate in vivo environments can improve experimental results, ...

The cells glow green under the high-powered microscope, each bedazzled with a constellation of luminous proteins and RNA that, like oil droplets in water, have huddled together through a process known ...

Many biological processes are regulated by electricity—from nerve impulses to heartbeats to the movement of molecules in and ...

From the generation of embryo-like structures to the establishment of cell-based approaches to model or treat disease, the field of stem cell and developmental biology has impressively progressed ...

Researchers discovered that a long-misunderstood protein plays a key role in helping chromosomes latch onto the right “tracks” during cell division. Instead of acting like a motor, it works more like ...

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 ...

Modern biology runs on precision, yet so much of the daily lab workflow remains stubbornly manual. Even today, one of the ...

Just as an Apple Watch monitors your fitness and ChatGPT can customize a healthy meal plan for your specific needs, biomedical researchers could soon be able to leverage the power of artificial ...

Researchers at the Max Delbrück Center have found that a cellular housekeeping mechanism called autophagy plays a major role ...