Researchers at the University of Twente and Utrecht University have packed rigid, rod-shaped particles into soft lipid containers the size of a living cell and watched the container and its contents ...

Cells can spontaneously change shape even without external signals, but the underlying mechanisms behind this form of self-organization have remained unclear. Now, researchers from Japan have ...

Food is a feast for the eyes before it ever reaches your taste buds. While a colorful plate may look festive and inviting, the science behind it goes much deeper The transformation of Christopher ...

Every time a white blood cell engulfs a bacterium, a neuron extends a projection to connect with a neighboring cell, or when a cancer cell forcefully squeezes through tissue to spread, the cell must ...

Plants constantly juggle oxygen inside their cells, but scientists have now discovered a surprising twist in how that balance works. Researchers at the University of Helsinki found that ...

For decades, medicine looked at the human body in parts. The heart belonged to cardiologists, the brain to neurologists, and the digestive system to gastroenterologists. But scientists are ...

An icon of a desk calendar. An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. An icon of a paper envelope. An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. An icon of ...

As America approaches its 250th birthday, we rightly celebrate, as did Alexis de Tocqueville, our tradition of citizen-driven philanthropy. As a share of GDP, Americans give more to such causes than ...

An innovative visionary with a passion for sustainable design, the British architect Alex Michaelis, co-founder of the renowned Michaelis Boyd studio, has become a defining figure on the international ...