When oil is dropped in water, the oil droplets stay separate. Cells can also use a system like this to separate or gather ...

The Hemifusome: A Cellular Recycling Center The hemifusome is a tiny, membrane-bound organelle that functions as a recycling center inside cells. Its primary role seems to be in organizing and ...

A team led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers has uncovered the atomic structure of a protein complex pivotal to the function of motile cilia, the hair-like structures extending from the ...

If scientists could shrink themselves to microscopic size and take a journey through the human body—like the submarine crew ...

Tiny tweaks in DNA folding can have big effects. A study from Umeå University shows that even the most subtle changes in DNA's shape have an important influence on gene activity and energy production.

Cedars-Sinai Health Sciences University investigators have for the first time created human intestinal organoids that include ...

Sitting above each kidney are two small endocrine glands about the size of walnuts. These are the adrenal glands, responsible ...