A new study led by Harvard biologists describes how some sea slugs consume algae and incorporate their photosynthetic ...

Researchers have removed mitochondria from cells to better study their functions in regulating cell death, differentiation ...

In the vast and often unseen world of microscopic life, a recent discovery may force scientists to rethink what it means to ...

Bacteria and their phage, “are full of mysteries and also lots of really powerful mechanisms that we can study and potentially harness.” ...

By using a genetic technique developed at UT Southwestern Medical Center that forces cells to rid themselves of mitochondria, ...

Because they rely on hosts for a majority of functions, viruses aren’t considered alive. But entities like ‘Sukunaarchaeum ...

A UK biotech firm spent years gathering genetic data that has uncovered 1 million previously unknown microbial species and billions of newly identified genes – but even this trove of data may not be e ...

These properties make SA invaluable in biomolecule capture and enrichment in analytical applications such as ELISA, protein ...

Modern-day environments in Antarctica contain ponds filled with life forms that closely resemble early multicellular ...

These microbial mats are made up of cyanobacteria, prokaryotic, single-celled photosynthetic organisms that lack a cell nucleus or other organelles. While these ancient microbes are known to survive ...