A research team from the Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague has discovered Solarion arienae, an extremely rare ...

Mitochondria are very well known as the powerhouses of the cell. Generally speaking, all eukaryotes, including plants, fungi, and animals, are made of cells that contain mitochondria. These organelles ...

Most days you move through the world without thinking about the invisible creatures that surround you. Yet one of them, a ...

Almost all eukaryotic organisms, from plants and animals to fungi, can't survive without mitochondria -- the 'powerhouses of the cell,' which generate chemical energy using oxygen. However, a new ...

Mississippi State biologist Matthew W. Brown is part of an international research team whose groundbreaking discovery ...

The world is full of unusual unicellular organisms and microbes, many of which have not been discovered yet. In 2017, scientists identified a single-celled marine organism called Chromosphaera ...

This figure presents a modern tree of Life, highlighting eukaryotes (organisms with complex cells) based on genome-scale ...

Insects that tuck away their wings using origami creases have inspired foldable structures for drones and solar panels that ...

Scientists testing a new method of sequencing single cells have unexpectedly changed our understanding of the rules of genetics. The genome of a protist has revealed a seemingly unique divergence in ...