Jun 20, 2025 New 2D semiconductors offer fast charge transport and solar cell potential Simulations reveal previously unknown 2D phthalocyanine monolayers combining structural stability, high mobility ...

From single cells to complex creatures: New study points to origins of animal multicellularity Researchers at UChicago analyze genetic data and protein sequences to find key innovations that ...

A team of Chinese scientists has traced the ancestor of animals and plants to a hydrogen-metabolising cell that existed before the Great Oxidation Event, a pivotal period that occurred at least 2. ...

An international team of researchers has demonstrated a novel solvent process for pure and highly crystalline 2D perovskites, which they demonstrated in 2D/3D perovskite solar cells. A n-i-p ...

When animals defecate, they shed living cells from their intestines, and these can be found on the outside of the dung, says Williams, a professor of fertility and reproductive health.

Early Signals One of the most striking examples of how metabolism can drive cell differentiation comes from a humble slime mold. When Dictyostelium has plenty of nutrients in its environment, it ...

The film explores the evolution of multi-celled animals, particularly sponges, from single-celled organisms like amoebas. It explains that the transition to multi-cellularity was driven by the ...

“Incorporation of Photosynthetically Active Algal Chloroplasts in Cultured Mammalian Cells Towards Photosynthesis in Animals,” by Ryota Aoki et al., in Proceedings of the Japan Academy, Series ...

The biologists took chloroplasts—the cell components responsible for photosynthesis —from red algae and injected them into hamster cells. As a result, the animal cells gained the ability to ...

After decades of failed attempts, scientists have finally succeeded in coaxing animal cells into photosynthesizing. So far, the researchers have only managed to achieve the feat in cultured cells ...

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 ...

This fluorescence image shows chloroplasts (magenta colored) successfully incorporated into the hamster cells, with other features of the animal cell also highlighted (nuclei in light blue and ...