Jan. 6, 2023 —New experiments that show that eukaryotic cells can robustly control average fluctuations in organelle size. By demonstrating that organelle sizes obey a universal scaling relationship that ...
Dec. 7, 2022 —Modern eukaryotic cells contain numerous so-called organelles, which once used to be independent bacteria. In order to understand how these bacteria were integrated into the cells in the course of ...
Sep. 16, 2022 —Researchers have used data science and computational biology to show that the same 'rules' have shaped how mitochondria and chloroplasts have evolved throughout life's ...
Sep. 9, 2020 —An exchange of genetic material that occurred when ancient giant viruses infected ancient eukaryotic cells could have caused the nucleus of the eukaryotic cell -- its defining feature -- to form. A ...
Aug. 12, 2021 —A research team has recently synthesized a chemo-enzymatic nanostructure that can selectively synthesize one enantiomer while acting like an artificial organelle in the ...
July 11, 2023 —The inside of a living cell is crowded with large, complex molecules. New research on how these molecules could spontaneously organize themselves could further our understanding of how cells manage ...
Oct. 7, 2020 —All cells with nuclei, from yeast to humans, use molecular machines called proton pumps to regulate the acidity of organelles - compartments where various types of work are done. A new study reveals ...
June 16, 2022 —Researchers have reported that in the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha, the number of mitochondria in the spermatozoid (sperm) is controlled by autophagy during ...
Aug. 28, 2023 —The world's first case of a new parasitic infection in humans has been discovered by researchers who detected a live eight-centimeter roundworm from a carpet python in the brain of a 64- year-old ...
Aug. 24, 2023 —Emperor penguin colonies experienced unprecedented breeding failure in a region of Antarctica where there was total sea ice loss in 2022. The discovery supports predictions that over 90% of emperor ...
Aug. 23, 2023 —In a groundbreaking endeavor, researchers have successfully transferred a longevity gene from naked mole rats to mice, resulting in improved health and an extension of the mouse's lifespan. The research opens exciting possibilities for unlocking the ...
Aug. 23, 2023 —Researchers have discovered the fossils of two new abelisaurs in Morocco, showing the diversity of dinosaurs in this region at the end of the Cretaceous ...
Aug. 30, 2023 —The Earth's surface is covered by plants. They make up the majority of biomass on land and exhibit a wide range of diversity, from mosses to trees. This astounding biodiversity came into existence ...
Aug. 30, 2023 —尽管鹿和羚羊的污染deer decreased over time as expected, the measured levels of radioactivity in the meat of wild boar remained surprisingly high -- higher than the half-life of ...
Aug. 30, 2023 —Researchers have developed a miniature battery that could be used to power tiny devices integrated into human tissues. The design uses an ionic ...
Aug. 30, 2023 —Researchers applied a new technology to generate the full inventory of mutations in the bacterial species Escherichia coli where the antibiotic ...
Aug. 30, 2023 —Scientists believe a huge 14ft smalltooth sand tiger shark, which washed up at Kilmore Quay, Co. Wexford, earlier this year, represents the first of its species to have been found in Ireland's ...
Aug. 30, 2023 —Researchers used wireless neural recording and imaging devices to 'listen in' on the hippocampal brain activity of groups of Egyptian fruit bats as they flew freely within a large flight room. The ...
Aug. 29, 2023 —A new article found that overhunting of gorillas, elephants, and other large fruit-eating seed-dispersers make tropical forests less able to store or ...
Aug. 29, 2023 —We've long known that hosts malfunction without their microbiome -- whether they are missing key microbial species or are completely microbe free. This malfunctioning is usually explained by the need ...
Aug. 29, 2023 —When infants are involved in agonistic conflicts, male crested macaques (Macaca nigra) are more likely to respond to screams from their own ...