A team led by researchers at the University of Texas at Austin has produced what may be the strongest evidence yet that the ancient ancestors of all complex life on Earth already had the genes to use ...

Ion channels are narrow passageways that play a pivotal role in many biological processes. To model how ions move through these tight spaces, pores need to be fabricated at very small length scales.

A University of Alberta research team has identified a new drug target to treat harmful E. coli bacteria—which cause nearly ...

Innovations in imaging and genetic engineering are coming together to probe the biophysics of cytoplasm inside living animals.

Complex cells are thought to be the result of a union between two ancient microorganisms, but scientists have long been ...

Living organisms share an ancestor called the last universal common ancestor, or LUCA. LUCA is estimated to have lived ...