Eukaryotic cells form the foundation of complex life, their defining feature being the presence of membrane-bound organelles. This article details the structure of eukaryotic cells and provides ...

Prokaryotes are unicellular organisms that lack membrane-bound structures. This article details the structure of prokaryotic cells and provides examples of prokaryotic organisms.

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 ...

This wiring diagram contains 200,000 brain cells and nearly 500 million synapses that sit in a chunk of the visual cortex of the mouse brain that's about the size of one grain of sand. This map has an ...

In an article published in Nature Communications, they describe the structure of the so-called PelBC export complex, which represents the last station in the cell before "Pel" is released.

Diagram of a chloroplast inside a cell, showing thylakoid stacks Nucelus (N), mitochindria (M), plasma membrane (PM), chloroplast outer envelope (OE) chloroplast inner envelope (IE).

How does the collective interplay of many individual cells give rise to a perfectly shaped organism? This question lies at ...

AI-based technique reveals previously unknown cell components that may provide new clues to human development and disease.

One of the most fundamental differences between animal and plant cells is the cell wall – a rigid structure surrounding the plant cells. The cell wall provides strength and structural support ...

Neuroscientists have released a high-resolution 3-D map showing the connections between 200,000 cells in a clump of mouse brain about as big as a grain of sand.

High school biology didn’t do much to make cells seem like fascinating, psychedelic visual art. The plant and animal cell diagrams splashed across textbook pages are a world away from what the ...