Cells do more than carry out chemical reactions. New theoretical work suggests they may also generate usable electrical ...

If you took high school biology, you probably learned about cell division: a crucial process in all life forms officially called mitosis. For over one hundred years, students have learned that during ...

Weighing a single living cell sounds like a party trick, yet the numbers involved are so small that they push the limits of ...

Cells have always hummed with activity. They make their own energy, package it into molecules like ATP, and spend it ...

Researchers discovered that a long-misunderstood protein plays a key role in helping chromosomes latch onto the right “tracks” during cell division. Instead of acting like a motor, it works more like ...

A virtual cell modeling system, powered by AI, will lead to breakthroughs in our understanding of diseases, argue the cofounders of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. As the smallest living units, cells ...

Given troves of data about genes and cells, A.I. models have made some surprising discoveries. What could they teach us someday? Credit...Doug Chayka Supported by By Carl Zimmer In 1889, a French ...

In the 16th century, the Belgian cartographer Abraham Ortelius created the world’s first modern atlas — a collection of maps that he called “The Theater of the World.” The maps, drawn by Ortelius and ...