Velia Fowler (standing), chair of the Department of Biological Sciences and pioneering researcher in the architecture of cells, examines F-actin and other proteins in the structure of red blood cells ...

"Every single cell can have a different chromosome structure," Cheng, a Curators' Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, said. "Our tool helps scientists study those ...

A joke between researchers turned into the first structure 3D-printed inside a living cell, a precursor to building ...

Human bodies make 2 million red blood cells per second. They each live for 120 days and spend that time zooming completely around the body every 20 seconds, carrying oxygen from the lungs to other ...

Cell walls are a crucial structure of plant life, protecting cells from damage, giving plants shape, and containing ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A previously unknown structure discovered in our cells could pave the ...

Even after decades of research, biologists are still uncovering surprises about the human body. A team of researchers from the University of Virginia and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have ...

Different types of cell division failure shape whether duplicated cells survive, remain stable, or lead to cancer.

Cell division during the early stage of embryo development is a trade-off between speed and accuracy; the cells need to ...