A growing body of work suggests that cell metabolism — the chemical reactions that provide energy and building materials — ...

Organelles in cells were originally often independent cells, which were incorporated by host cells and lost their ...

A new part of an ocean plant cell has been discovered that might revolutionize farming one day. The structure can take ...

Ten years ago, nobody knew that Asgard archaea even existed. In 2015, however, researchers examining deep-sea sediments ...

Who were our earliest ancestors? The answer could lie in a special group of single-celled organisms with a cytoskeleton similar to that of complex organisms, such as animals and plants.

Ultraviolet (UV) radiation is known to cause DNA damage, and while that damage may accumulate and eventually lead to diseases ...

Only recently has the ribosome - one of the oldest molecular machines in evolutionary terms - been recognized as an active regulator of gene expression at the level of protein biosynthesis.

Losing weight is a challenging journey for many, often marked by a cycle of weight loss and weight regain known as the "yo-yo ...

Due to the success of the Volume I of the Research Topic <a href=" Interactions with the Nucleus" we are launching a Volume II of the series.<br/><br/>Viruses cause numerous medically important ...

University of Queensland scientists have cracked a long-standing puzzle in nuclear physics, showing that nuclear polarization ...