Scientists have uncovered a key mechanism in jellyfish embryos that provides new insights into how the body plan of these ...

This internal left-right asymmetry is believed to begin at the very early stage of development -- when a tiny embryo is divided into two parts during a process called gastrulation. This process ...

The diagram below shows the same plant cell, as viewed with the light microscope, and with the transmission electron microscope. Animal and plant cells have certain structures in common.

Landmark single-cell dataset of one billion cells will be used to train new AI models to advance understanding of cellular behavior and gene function.

For people with two hands, one is usually dominant. On a molecular level, life takes this to the extreme. All of the DNA in ...

Rice lab pioneers an assembly kit for synthetic sense-and-respond circuits in human cells. Rice University bioengineers have ...

This influx of calcium at the contact site attracts and activates a kinase called CaMKII, a protein known to be important in ...

The new research reveals a novel mechanism for signal transmission in brain cells and helps answer an open question in neuroscience about how intracellular signals travel over long distances in ...

Feb. 4, 2025 — Research has shown that a potential new targeted therapy for childhood brain cancer is effective in infiltrating and killing tumor cells in preclinical models tested in mice.

Scientists have translated nanoscale experimental and computational data into precise 3D representations of bacteria, yeast ...

Animal Pictures and Facts Learn all you wanted to know about animals with pictures, videos, facts, news, and more. Composite photograph by Joel Sartore, National Geographic Photo Ark ...

Many cells in multicellular organisms are specialised. They have specific roles in the organism of which they are part. Their structure is adapted to their function. They are often grouped ...