The newly described microbe represents a world of parasitic, intercellular biodiversity only beginning to be revealed by ...

When two cells "talk" to each other, they often do so through tiny channels called electrical synapses. Unlike chemical ...

Teeny, single-cell creatures floating in the ocean may be the first organisms ever confirmed to eat viruses. Scientists scooped up the organisms, known as protists, from the surface waters of the Gulf ...

Metacaspases, ancestral homologues of the caspase family, are pivotal cysteine proteases found in a wide range of unicellular organisms, including yeasts, algae, and phytoplankton. These enzymes ...

The ability of cells to self-destruct appears to be essential for cellular life. However, the existence of genetically programmed death pathways in single-cell organisms has been long debated. Thus, ...

Ribosomes, the protein factories of the cell, are essential for all living organisms. They bind to mRNA and move along the ...

A new study, led by the University of Vienna and the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven, shows how the eyes of adult ...

"Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative," wrote H. G. Wells. This principle—that survival requires ...

Scientists have created a live-cell DNA sensor that reveals how damage appears and disappears inside living cells, capturing ...

The beauty of the DNA code is that organisms interpret it unambiguously. Each three-letter nucleotide sequence, or codon, in ...

A breakthrough live-cell sensor makes DNA repair visible as it happens, unlocking new possibilities in biology and medicine.

Large swaths of single-celled eukaryotes, non-bacterial single-cell organisms like microalgae, fungi or mold, can control microbiomes (a collection of tiny microbes, mostly bacteria) by secreting ...