Duckweed is the fastest-growing flowering plant, but new knowledge of duckweed genetics discovered by Adelaide University ...

The human body is a dynamic place. Blood pumps, spinal fluid flows, oxygen comes in and carbon dioxide goes out. Deeper still, charged molecules pass through cell walls, quietly keeping the body's ...

Cells rely on biomolecular condensates to coordinate essential biological processes without surrounding membranes. These droplet-like dynamic assemblies control the way in which DNA is turned into ...

Researchers built an automated mass spectrometry and molecular mapping platform to track how human liver cells process ...

Biomolecular condensates were long believed to be simple liquid blobs inside cells. Researchers have now uncovered that some are actually supported by fine protein filaments forming an internal ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising new way that giant embryonic cells divide—without relying on the classic “purse-string” ring long thought essential for splitting a cell in two. Studying ...

Flavonoids are plant compounds with antioxidant properties found in colorful fruits and vegetables. Eat more of these flavonoid-rich foods for heart and brain health benefits.

Never-before-seen 3D reconstructions of human liver tissue have been created at a cellular level. The details obtained by a team of UW Medicine and University of Washington engineers and physicians ...

Here’s what vitamin D3 is and why your body needs it.

Researchers have investigated the role of a certain enzyme in regulating energy in muscle and exercise performance for ...

“Most people first notice age-related changes to their eyesight in their forties when the lens inside becomes less flexible, ...