A new study suggests that simple molecules on early Earth may have worked together to create more stable, cell-like ...

Sea anemones distinguish helpful bacteria from harmful invaders without antibodies. Specialized cell structures engulf and ...

Money thinks amoebas are gorgeous to look at through a microscope. But, he says, this single-celled creature is more than just a pretty face. It's both beautiful and intelligent—and likely possesses ...

RNA can fold into more complex configurations than scientists thought, raising questions about how important these 3D ...

Branchlike structures called dendrites that extend from neurons appear to make their own computations independent of the cell ...

Lasers power drones midair as hybrid perovskite-thermoelectric wings harvest energy Hybrid perovskite and thermoelectric ...

The findings provide new clues about one of science's biggest questions: how life began. In the new study, published in Nature Communications, the researchers showed that two types of simple molecules ...

The human-made cells show many hallmarks of life, but they can't make all their necessary internal structures or divide for that many generations ...

Scientists say they have built a cell from scratch for the first time that feeds, grows and replicates like a natural cell, a ...

A nerve cell resembles a vast tree with branches that communicate with thousands of other cells. To function, it depends on a motor protein that walks on two legs, hauling urgent cargo from the center ...

Scientists have discovered that a rare “mirror-image” version of the amino acid cysteine can dramatically slow the growth of certain cancers while leaving healthy cells largely untouched. Unlike most ...

Scientists mapped how influenza A directly interacts with human proteins, revealing how it reshapes cellular structures and ...