Cells

Researchers around the world are working to construct an atlas of all the different cells in the human body. A team…

A trio of researchers from the U.S. and the UK has won the 2019 Nobel Prize in Medicine, the first of five prizes to…

Scientists across the world are working together to make the most detailed map of the human body—one that will show…

When it comes to naming the world’s fastest creature, it’s tempting to think of peregrine falcons, cheetahs, or…

Cells, they’re all different. Even two similar-looking cells that are supposed to work together in the same tissue…

The best part of high school biology was the movies. Some of them basically amounted to weird close-up fetish porn,…

A new microscope developed at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts is allowing scientists…

Using state-of-the art microscopy, scientists have peered inside cardiac cells while they beat, revealing tube-like…

Scientists from China have made history by taking a cell that’s not a sperm cell and then used it to create a live…

This is a transistor, but not as you know it. Instead of acting as a tiny switch to control the flow of electrons,…

For the first time ever, molecular biologists have filmed the death of a human white blood cell. But the video shows…

The Y chromosome, a chunk of genetic code that is unique to male mammals, isn’t just physically smaller than the X.…

If you’ve ever felt like your life’s turned on its head, be thankful that you’re not this little embryo—which turns…

We all grow from small bunch of cells into fully-fledged adults, but rarely do we get to see the process in action.…

It's like wearing X-ray goggles, but better. Caltech researchers have created two new techniques that allow them to…

If you have ever experienced going to a music festival and sleeping in a tent you already know how shitty that can…

Andy Lomas made this music video for a song called Seething by Max Cooper. Lomas created software that emulates…

Some artists find inspiration from the grand and vast, painting galaxies and taking photos of expansive landscapes.…

Staying healthy is a lot like medieval warfare. Cells vs viruses. There are cells defending their castles and…

To get a super-detailed X-ray view inside a cell—right down to the individual molecules—scientists dunk the cell…