About 4 billion years ago, Earth began to show signs of the conditions that allowed the first cells to take hold and populate ...

The physics of how a quirky pond organism filters the water for food provides new insights into a possible driver of early evolution.

The Breakthrough Prizes have been awarded annually since 2013 to recognize accomplishments in fundamental physics, ...

A study appearing Monday, March 31 in Nature Physics presents a striking example of cooperative organization among cells as a ...

Molecularly defined serotonin (enterochromaffin) cells of the gut lining were distinguished by single-cell expression analysis, in situ hybridization, and immunohistochemistry into 14 topographically ...

Cell Reports is an open-access journal from Cell Press that publishes high-quality papers across the entire life sciences spectrum. The primary criterion for publication in Cell Reports, as for ...

Researchers found that cooperative fluid dynamics between single-celled organisms may have driven the evolution of ...

A rendering of the appearance of the human cell lineage big science research facility Photo: Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Under microscopes, scientists found that giant single-cell organisms were able to vacuum up more food when they are stuck together.

This study provides proof-of-principle data for the use of trained immunity to modulate macrophage interactions with tumours. The study makes a valuable contribution to the field of trained immunity.