Kanazawa University, report in ACS Applied Nano Materials a new method to precisely measure nuclear elasticity—the stiffness or softness of the cell nucleus—in living cells. By employing a technique ...

Ribosomes are the cell's protein factories, which read the genetic code and assemble the proteins that every organism needs ...

An experimental compound reduced the cell death, inflammation, and organ damage seen with diabetes.

Researchers say findings help to bridge the structure of the genome to its function in managing how genes are turned on and off.

A new method developed by scientists could soon make liver disease treatment easier and more effective—without a transplant.

Novel developments also focus on quick and high-speed AFM to improve temporal resolution. 2 The combination of AFM with optical microscopy has expanded the number of possible applications, ...

Cells have finger-like projections that they use to feel their surroundings. They can detect the chemical environment and they can 'feel' their physical surroundings using ultrasensitive sensors. New ...

Persell Middle School eighth graders, Sydney Maggio, Avery Salvaggio and Kaitlyn Kennedy show off their cell-analogy projects created in Lina Scoma’s AT Science class. Persell Middle School eighth ...

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 ...