They are the foundation of complex, multicellular life including all animals, plants and fungi, as well as many unicellular organisms. “The origin of eukaryotic cells has long remained a mystery ...

A team of biophysicists has published a step-by-step guide for the reliable cultivation of the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. The guide will support researchers worldwide in the ...

A green sea turtle is improving after being found stranded on a North Carolina beach with over 1 ½ pounds of barnacles and other organisms on its shell, seashore officials announced over the weekend.

Research in cell biology uses microscopic and molecular tools and examines all cell types, from unicellular organisms such as protozoa to the specialised cells that consitutute multicellular ...

BEIJING -- Chinese researchers have successfully utilized ice-carving technology to create precise nanoscale patterns on living organisms for the first time, according to Westlake University in ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) A mass spectrometry-based method enables identification of bacterial pathogens within minutes by detecting their specific metabolic products in clinical samples ...

Very little is known about choanoflagellates, and there are interesting biological phenomena that we can only gain insight ...

Stay informed about the West. High Country News’ weekly email newsletters keep you up-to-date with our latest news and investigations from across the region. In early April, 169 years after ...

A new species of bacteria that functions like electrical wiring has recently been discovered on a brackish beach in Oregon. The species was named Candidatus Electrothrix yaqonensis in honor of the ...

In Australia's Illawarra region, a ghostbusting-style night tour reveals ghost fungi, sea sparkles and tiny creatures lighting up the dark. On a slate-black night, I stare at a horizon freckled ...