For years, biomolecular condensates were thought to be simple, liquid-like droplets with little internal organization. New ...
Researchers at the University of Michigan have revealed that cells use a previously unknown feat of molecular craftsmanship ...
Scientists recorded 24 hours of the cellular construction process, revealing surprising new details about how plant cell ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Specialized compartments within cells carry out specific functions. Christoph Burgstedt/Science Photo Library via Getty Images ...
A simulated cell in the early stages of division. Left half shows membrane (green cubes), and ribosomes (yellow/purple) interwoven through in the cell’s chromosome (red). Right side shows all the ...
Can the bend of a banana give us insight into cancer? What does the shape of a rice grain have to do with infertility? The ...
Plant a seed and, if the conditions are right, the seed grows. The process seems simple enough at first glance and is something many of us may feel like we learned in elementary school.
The story of the cell cycle is often told only through the perspective of the chromosomes as they replicate and then divide. This resource beautifully illustrates the role of the cytoskeleton in that ...
Professor Bo Liu, Department of Plant Biology, holds an Arabidopsis plant while Professor Jawdat Al-Bassam, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, holds a model of the augmin protein complex.