Some atomic nuclei are not shaped like rugby balls, as a longstanding theory suggests, but are instead somewhat flattened, like almonds, according to a new study by Japanese scientists. A team from ...

A major physics experiment has uncovered evidence for a strange new form of matter, where a fleeting particle gets trapped ...

RNA technology is regarded as one of the newest frontiers in medicine, but in fact a primordial innovator got there way ...

The sperm and the egg cell's nuclei compete for size directly after fertilization and this is necessary for proper embryonic ...

In work conducted at both UC Santa Barbara and the Physics of Life Excellence Cluster of TU Dresden, biophysicist Otger Campàs and his research group have found that cell nuclei control the ...

Just as life pulsates in big vibrant cities, it also prospers in crowded environments inside cells. The interior of cells is densely packed with biomolecules like proteins and nucleic acids. How is ...

Unlike the rest of the cells in your body, your red blood cells lack nuclei. That quirk dates back to the time when mammals began to evolve. Other vertebrates such as fish, reptiles, and birds, have ...