Researchers found LUCA, our earliest common ancestor, lived 4.2 billion years ago. It had a complex biology, affecting its ...

An international collaboration between four scientists from Mainz, Valencia, Madrid, and Zurich has published new research in ...

Far beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean, in one of Earth’s least explored regions, scientists have found a surprising ...

When subjected to physical pressure, archaea - ancient single-celled organisms - form multicellular structures.

Archaea—one of the three primary domains of life alongside bacteria and eukaryotes—are often overlooked and sometimes ...

Induction of Multicellularity: When mechanically compressed, the salt-loving archaeon Haloferax volcanii can shift from being ...

Gene editing and many other useful biotechnology tools came from studies of bacteria fighting off viral invaders. But ...

Molecular Biology is the field of biology that studies the composition, structure and interactions of cellular molecules such as nucleic acids and proteins that carry out the biological ...

Scientists have debated where Prototaxites belong in the tree of life for over a century, but now a new study suggests it ...

Asgard archaea may have led to the evolution of eukaryotic life ETH Zurich researchers identify actin and microtubule structures Findings challenge the three-domain model of life classification ...

"We still have a lot of unanswered questions about Asgard archaea, especially regarding their relation to eukaryotes and their unusual cell biology. Tracking down the secrets of these microbes is ...