An international team of geneticists and molecular biologists has discovered the first-known, free-living eukaryote to have lost its mitochondria. In their study, published in Nature Communications, ...

Recently, a research group led by Prof. Miao Wei from the Institute of Hydrobiology (IHB) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences discovered that Lacrymaria cells utilize unconventional and novel ...

(Santa Barbara, Calif.) — The sun has just set on a quiet mudflat in Australia’s Northern Territory; it’ll set again in another 19 hours. A young moon looms large over the desolate landscape. No ...

Mitochondria are membrane-bound components within cells that are often described as the cells' powerhouses. They've long been considered as essential components for life in eukaryotes, the group ...

What separates animals, plants, fungi and even amoebas from bacteria? Well, there's one feature that no longer universally makes us distinct, thanks to a new study that redefines what it means to ...

Stored in an open-air warehouse in tropical Darwin, Australia, are trays of cylindrical rock cores drilled decades ago by mineral exploration companies. Some of those cores are mudstone, hardened ...

In a significant breakthrough for biological engineering, scientists have created an artificial eukaryote chromosome and inserted it into living brewer’s yeast cells (Science 2014, DOI: ...