Researchers at Yale have achieved a major breakthrough in synthetic biology. They have rewritten the genetic code of an ...

La Trobe University researchers have been studying the novel bacterium Mycosynbacter amalyticus —dubbed "microbial dark ...

The Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA), the theoretical single organism from which all life on Earth descends, is now ...

Captivating footage taken on January 31 in Hong Kong, China, captured the mesmerizing moment an amoeba consuming a ciliate. The video shows the amoeba slowly engulfing the single-celled organism ...

With its speedy growth and adaptability, E. coli has spent many years at the top of the "model organism" list, with no signs of slipping. But E. coli is a blip in a rich microbial world ...

The death of an organism does not spell the end for its cells, according to new research. Cells have been shown to continue to function even after the organism they originated from is deceased ...

UT Southwestern's innovative microscope integrates high and low-resolution imaging, facilitating advanced studies of cellular ...