UCLA graduate student Jeffrey Riffell and UCLA biology professor Richard Zimmer report the first experimental test on the role of small-scale physics as it influences the interactions between sperm ...

A study suggests that iron fertilization, the process of putting iron into the ocean to encourage the growth of carbon dioxide capturing alga blooms, could backfire. A new study on the feeding habits ...

Who hasn't seen it before: the view through the microscope in which a sperm penetrates an egg cell and fertilizes it. This fundamental step in procreation happens dynamically and seemingly without ...

(a) A pollen grain containing the two sperm cells. It produces a pollen tube, which arrives at the ovule. After the arrival, one of the synergid cells degenerates and the pollen tube bursts to ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The possible loss of frozen eggs and embryos stored at University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center is potentially devastating for the affected patients. If their eggs and embryos are ...

If you’ve been trying to conceive for some time but are still getting negative pregnancy tests, then IVF, or in vitro fertilization, may be an option for you. So what is IVF? In short, it’s a ...

Researchers have discovered how a human egg captures an incoming sperm for fertilization, paving the way to help couples suffering from infertility, according to media reports on Monday. Researchers ...