In a groundbreaking study on the synthesis of cellulose—a major constituent of all plant cell walls—a team of Rutgers ...

Among the many marvels of life is the cell's ability to divide and thus enable organisms to grow and renew themselves. For ...

In a groundbreaking study on the synthesis of cellulose -- a major constituent of all plant cell walls -- a team has captured images of the microscopic process of cell-wall building continuously over ...

In vertebrate retinas, specialized photoreceptors responsible for color vision (cone cells) arrange themselves in patterns ...

A growing body of work suggests that cell metabolism — the chemical reactions that provide energy and building materials — ...

Scientists at EMBL have captured how human chromosomes fold into their signature rod shape during cell division, using a ...

Northwestern Medicine investigators have uncovered new insights into how intercellular "glue" functions to enable ...

For successful cell division, chromosomal DNA needs to be packed into compact rod-shaped structures. Defects in this process can lead to cell death or diseases like cancer. A new study has shown how ...

New research sheds light on one of the biggest questions in biology: where did complex life come from? The answer may lie ...

A new part of an ocean plant cell has been discovered that might revolutionize farming one day. The structure can take ...

In a potentially major breakthrough for regenerative medicine, scientists at MIT have developed a way to convert skin cells ...