A microscopic organism from a freshwater pond is playing by a different set of genetic rules. The newly identified protist, ...

The cells of higher organisms such as mammals, flies and fungi enclose their genetic material in a nucleus. A nuclear ...

Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have developed an AI that could open up a new, cost-effective approach to identifying genetic perturbation patterns in cell images—potentially enabling ...

Cell division, a process fundamental to life, still holds surprises. Researchers from the University of Zurich and the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) have discovered a key mechanism ...

For decades, biologists assumed a cell's energy simply diffused to wherever it was needed. It turns out the most important destination of all has a private delivery line. Subscribe to our newsletter ...

Scientists accidentally discovered a microscopic organism with a genetic code that breaks a rule researchers thought was ...