cell

Discover the incredible story of Henrietta Lacks, an African American woman whose cells enabled a scientific revolution and contributed to numerous...

The swirling currents occur when the rodlike structures that extend inward from the cells’ membranes bend in tandem, like stalks of wheat caught in a...

Virtual reality software which allows researchers to ‘walk’ inside and analyse individual cells could be used to understand fundamental problems in...

Dr Stephanie Höhn is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, and a member of Trinity Hall. Here...

Molecules 10,000 times narrower than the width of a human hair could hold the key to making possible wooden skyscrapers and more energy-efficient...

Baker’s yeast cells living together in communities help feed each other, but leave incomers from the same species to die from starvation, according...

A new technique which traps light at the nanoscale to enable real-time monitoring of individual molecules bending and flexing may aid in our...

New research shows that the whip-like appendages on many types of cells are able to synchronise their movements solely through interactions with the...