When a cell divides, it performs a feat of microscopic choreography—duplicating its DNA and depositing it into two new cells. The spindle is the machinery behind that process: It latches onto ...

Life may have started in sticky, rock-hugging gels rather than inside cells. Researchers suggest these primitive, biofilm-like materials could trap and concentrate molecules, giving early chemistry a ...

"By following universal paralogs," says Kaçar, "we can connect the earliest steps of life on Earth to the tools of modern ...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Majhi heard complaints from the public during the 17th grievance redressal session held in Bhubaneswar on Monday.During the hearing held at the Chief ...

This cat was born looking permanently unimpressed. Thanks to some wild fur markings, this cat appears to have thick eyebrows ...

A new structural integrity report from The Crack Guys details how encapsulation systems mitigate mold, structural rot, ...

In many submerged regions, murky mud shelters strange life-forms that seem to be the key to one of the biggest mysteries of life on Earth. These creatures belong to a domain of life called the archaea ...

If you’re serving hard time inside a California prison, you’ll often find yourself stuck in a cramped cell with a stranger. You hang a bedsheet to manufacture the semblance of privacy between bed and ...

Children who have smartphones by age 12 are at an increased risk for depression, obesity, and lack of sleep, according to a new study published Monday in the journal Pediatrics. The researchers looked ...

Giving a young kid a smartphone may be a big mistake. New research conducted by scientists from UC Berkeley and Columbia University found that children 12 years old and younger who received one of ...

Life’s fundamental structure is the cell, and so the main things that a cell does — processing biomolecules, growing, replicating its genetic material and producing a new body — are considered ...

Cells are the basic unit of life and come in many different sizes and shapes. In animals, cell size is exquisitely matched to cell function: the smallest cells (such as red blood cells and sperm) shed ...