Researchers have developed a way to 3D print custom micrometer-sized structures directly into the interior of living cells.

Metabolism, far from being just a housekeeping function, underlies all changes in cell size and function ...

Organs in animals and in humans have one thing in common: they are bounded by so-called epithelial cells. Researchers at the Institute of Animal Physiology at the University of Munster have found out ...

The Cyclostomata is an ancient group of aquatic colonial suspension-feeders from the phylum Bryozoa. The fact that they have unique placentae has been discovered by researchers at St Petersburg ...

Phosphate is essential to life. Now, researchers have discovered a tiny structure inside animal cells that acts like a reservoir of phosphate, helping to regulate levels of the nutrient inside cells ...

More than 1.5 billion years ago, a momentous thing happened: Two small, primitive cells became one. Perhaps more than any event—barring the origin of life itself—this merger radically changed the ...

This article was originally featured on Knowable Magazine. More than 1.5 billion years ago, a momentous thing happened: Two small, primitive cells became one. Perhaps more than any event—barring the ...