Within a cell, DNA carries the genetic code for building proteins. To build proteins, the cell makes a copy of DNA, called ...

Archaea are microorganisms that were only discovered in the 1970s, and about which scientists still have a lot to learn. One ...

Researchers from Durham University, Jagiellonian University (Poland) and the John Innes Centre have achieved a breakthrough in understanding DNA gyrase, a vital bacterial enzyme and key antibiotic ...

By this definition, bacteria, archaea and single-celled eukaryotes are ... together inside a membrane to make an early form of a cell: a pre-cell. Perhaps this happened when a viruslike structure ...

New research offers a potential explanation for the formation of early Earth protocells. Few questions have captivated ...

Scientists focused on certain organs — plotting the jobs of cells in the mouth, stomach and intestines, as well as cells that ...

In a paper published in Science Advances, the Pilhofer Lab (IMBB) together with the Albers Lab from the University of ...

It feels like the Splinter Cell remake has been on its way for a ... with Chaos Theory being the first to switch things up with a more open structure. It primarily involved tight corridors ...

You probably learned about organelles, those little 'organs' inside cells that form compartments with individual ... Ever since scientists first got a good look at the structure of the protein ...