This newly found organism doesn’t act like a virus or a cell, and that could change everything we know about biology.

Scientists have discovered Sukunaarchaeum mirabile, a unique archaeon residing within marine plankton, challenging traditional definitions of life. Th ...

Because they rely on hosts for a majority of functions, viruses aren’t considered alive. But entities like this one ...

Cucumbers, a summer staple of salads and sandwiches, are a valuable commercial crop. They also have a less well-known role as ...

Proteins are the infinitely varied chemicals that make cells work, and science has a pretty good idea how they are made. But ...

Bones found at the site of an ancient fish-processing plant were used to genetically identify the species that went into a ...

But while experts now know a fair amount about ancient Egyptian life, they still understand very little about the ...

Researchers from Sweden have discovered that the human brain continues to grow new cells in the memory region—called the hippocampus—even into old age. Using advanced tools to examine brain samples ...

LICORbio, a leading innovator in life science imaging and analytical solutions, today announced the acquisition of SERVA ...

A new study reveals that blocking ribosomal RNA production rewires cancer cell behavior and could help treat genetically ...

Cucumbers, a summer staple of salads and sandwiches, are a valuable commercial crop. They also have a less well-known role as ...

NIH’s SMaHT Network will chart trillions of somatic mutations to reveal how our DNA changes over a lifetime. In a nutshell ...