A genomic atlas of Nematostella vectensis reveals how primitive animals created multiple cell types millions of years ago, ...

In many submerged regions, murky mud shelters strange life-forms that seem to be the key to one of the biggest mysteries of life on Earth. These creatures belong to a domain of life called the archaea ...

Life on Earth reached a decisive turning point about 2.6 billion years ago. An international team of researchers has just demonstrated how the emergence of complex cells, called eukaryotes, profoundly ...

ARLINGTON, Va.– According to a new report, complex cells like those in the human body probably resulted from the fusion of genomes from an ancient bacterium and a simpler microbe, Archaea, best known ...

The evolution of complex life is strictly dependent on mitochondria, the tiny power stations found in all complex cells, according to a new study by Dr Nick Lane, from UCL (University College London), ...

They're more than a simple clock, and understanding these cells' activity could ultimately aid in early detection of neurodegenerative diseases. A sense of time is fundamental to how we understand, ...

A microscopic creature from a boiling hot spring in Northern California has just reset the upper limit for how hot complex life can run. The newly described “fire amoeba” thrives at temperatures that ...

Researchers at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), and at Harvard Medical School have used mathematical modeling to show how individual cells appear capable of learning, a behavior once deemed ...