Eggs pop out of ovaries. But what propels them has been unknown. Now, researchers from the University of Connecticut explain in an article published in the September 18 issue of the Proceedings of the ...

In healthy muscle, small threadlike components called actin and myosin neatly line up next to each other. With DOMs, “all of ...

What are the relative contributions of actin polymerization and myosin II-dependent bleb formation in driving pseudopod formation? How does membrane trafficking relate to movement, specifically in ...

The biological needs of plants and animals affect their cells' protein content, but the story goes deeper than that.

Hydra are small, invertebrate, predatory animals that live in water. They're tubular, radially symmetric and up to 10 mm long ...

The award-winning image highlights the intricate details of two kinds of cells: a rounder, less specialized kind and longer, ...

"Enhanced axonal transport has been linked to neurodegenerative diseases like ALS and Alzheimer's disease," Cisterna and team ...

In healthy muscle, small threadlike components called actin and myosin neatly line up next to each other. With DOMs, “all of ...

However, how mechanical signals regulate naïve pluripotency is not well understood. Mechanical signals are relayed in part through cellular adhesions that anchor cells to each other and to their ...

Maybe you are conscious about your thick thighs or eagerly want to get your back into better shape as soon as possible – ...

Key molecules in animals' bodies like enzymes and hormones are actually just specialized proteins, and other proteins like ...