From the middle of the 18th century to the 1970s, it was believed there were two “domains” that life could be divided into ...

Study of Asgard archaea reveals insights into the evolution of cellular complexity through analysis of cytoskeletal proteins.

How did life leap from simple microbial cells to the complex, structured cells that make up animals, plants, and fungi? A new ...

Connecting tubes between bacteria and a kind of microbe called archaea may reflect a symbiotic relationship that led to ...

Origin-recognition complex (ORC) plays an unexpectedly broad role in the regulation of human cell gene expression, according ...

Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2-α kinase 3 (PERK) plays a role in homeostasis maintenance of the mitochondria-associated membrane (MAM), which in turn has an impact on the mitochondrial ...

Life is amazing. It’s survived everything from asteroid impacts to ice ages to continental drift and simply continued ...

The Darwin Tree of Life (DToL) project aims to sequence the genomes of all animals, fungi and plants found in Great Britain and Ireland—some 35,000 in total. That is a colossal undertaking whose first ...

We report successful simultaneous detection of viral, bacterial, and eukaryotic pathogens in both solid and liquid wastewater samples and explore multiple ways to compare sample concentrations meas ...

In this article, you’ll learn how eukaryotic cells operate, providing a solid foundation for understanding how life functions at a microscopic level.