Researchers have developed a way to 3D print custom micrometer-sized structures directly into the interior of living cells.

Scientists have long known that cellular membranes vary in thickness, but measuring those differences inside actual cells has ...

A new twist on two-photon polymerization has been used to deliver objects, including lasers and an elephant, directly into ...

One of the most well-studied cellular responses is how they react during times of stress, such as when the temperature gets ...

In a recent study published in the journal Nature, a large team of researchers from the United States (U.S.) used single-cell ribonucleic acid (RNA) sequencing combined with high-resolution ...

- Professors Hao F. Zhang and Xiaomin Bao’s groups used super-resolution imaging on human skin cells for the first time. - The researchers explored the gateways between the cells’ cytoplasm and ...

Jack Challoner, Gills of a fish-like invertebrate (all images courtesy Jack Challoner, from ‘The Cell: A Visual Tour of the Building Block of Life‘) In 1665, when British polymathic scientist Robert ...

The story of the cell cycle is often told only through the perspective of the chromosomes as they replicate and then divide. This resource beautifully illustrates the role of the cytoskeleton in that ...

Prior to using this narrative, have learners create their own model of a cell in their notebooks using whatever background information or experience they might have. While exploring the narrative, ...