Understanding how human neurons cope with the energy demands of a large, active brain could open up new avenues for treating ...

The primary job of T cells, the white blood cells in your immune system, is to monitor and protect the body against any sort ...

Some chromosomes, such as B chromosomes, can increase their inheritance rate to their own advantage. These extra chromosomes are found in many plants, animals, and fungi and rely upon various ...

Some chromosomes, such as B chromosomes, can increase their inheritance rate to their own advantage. These extra chromosomes ...

Scientists agree that the earliest forms of life on Earth were made of only one cell, and complex forms ... which include ...

In a new study, Arizona State University researcher Michael Lynch explores the substantial energy demands required to maintain and evolve multicellular life. The study, using the water flea Daphnia as ...

Stem cells are specialized cells that have the potential to develop into not one but many different types of cell. They are unlike any other cell for three specific reasons: They are unspecialized, ...

With AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon offering a wide variety of plans, not to mention the exponentially larger assortment from prepaid and smaller carriers like Mint Mobile, Visible, Boost Mobile ...

Complex multicellularity evolved independently in various eukaryotic lineages, including animals, plants, fungi, and algae ... comparable to plants in cell size, tissue types, and developmental ...

Canadians could soon lose access to a unique public collection of fungi that scientists say is crucial for important research, such as developing new drugs to treat antibiotic-resistant pathogens ...

A new study claims that fungi possess great intelligence to the ... we’re realizing more and more that intelligence is not a one-size-fits-all situation. Octopuses, for instance, are highly ...