Cell division is the mechanism by which DNA is passed from one generation of cells to the next and ultimately, from parent organisms to their offspring. Although eukaryotes and prokaryotes both ...

The solution is said to be in equilibrium – there is therefore no net movement in one direction. Water leaves the cell by osmosis. The cytoplasm shrinks and pulls away from the cell wall.

Scientists reveal how filopodia help cancer spread. The breakthrough could improve treatments that stop cancer cells from invading tissues.

A team of researchers at Åbo Akademi University in Finland made a surprising discovery. They found that Talin-1, a protein ...

But a group of researchers in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis has found that cells can generate and use lower force yet move faster than cells generating ...

Transport proteins are responsible for the ongoing movement of substrates into and out of a biological cell. However, it is ...

Cell phone bans in school are ramping up as more states consider policies that have been cheered by many educators but still face trepidation from parents.   New York and New Jersey are the latest ...

"This coordinated cooperation of the nerve cells could enable the brain to distinguish particularly relevant optical signals, such as the recognition of contrast or movement, from other less ...

Nucleus Carries genetic information and controls what happens inside the cell Plant and animal cells Mitochondria Where respiration takes place, releasing energy for the cell Plant and animal ...