Multicellularity is one of the most profound phenomena in biology, and relies on the ability of a single cell to reorganize ...

When a cell divides, it performs a feat of microscopic choreography—duplicating its DNA and depositing it into two new cells.

Life may have started in sticky, rock-hugging gels rather than inside cells. Researchers suggest these primitive, biofilm-like materials could trap and concentrate molecules, giving early chemistry a ...

Networks of molecules in our body behave as though they have goals and desires. Understanding this phenomenon could solve the ...