The rod-shaped tuberculosis (TB) bacterium, which the World Health Organization has once again ranked as the top infectious disease killer globally, is the first single-celled organism ever observed ...

This is the first time the pigment condition has been observed in this species of shark, but the animal appeared healthy and ...

New research shows that the neural circuit responsible for stabilising gaze can develop in the absence of motor neurons, contrary to a long-standing model in the field.

Researchers at the Centre (CRG) reveal that metabolic enzymes known for their roles in energy production and nucleotide synthesis are taking on unexpected "second jobs" within the nucleus, ...

Scientists are reimagining the food system, turning to fungal fermentation as a sustainable method for transforming food ...

Membraneless organelles, also called biomolecular condensates, are changing how scientists think about protein chemistry, ...

Students in any classroom around the world could soon be able to reimagine the standard diagrams in any physics textbook by using an iPad to create 3D simulations that run, jump, or spin across the ...

although the researchers have already seen enough to suggest that their “synthetic biology-based approach may serve as a foundation for creating artificially photosynthetic animal cells.” ...

This module introduces you to the structure of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells and the cell biology that allow different cells to do different things including some highly specialised cells of ...

He takes a job in a mysterious library – allowing Murakami to explore the power of books, along with his favourite themes of love and loss, with typical storytelling prowess. One of the Soviet ...

Scientists in Japan have created hybrid plant-animal cells, essentially making animal cells that can gain energy from sunlight like plants. The breakthrough could have major benefits for growing ...

As the holiday season gets underway in November, book publishers are gearing up with seasonally and thematically appropriate releases. You’ll find your standard feel-good generational tales like ...