Human cells are extremely small and tightly packed – at about 20 micrometers across, roughly one-fifth the width of a human ...

Every time our body encounters a new disease-causing agent, a crucial defense system called adaptive immunity comes into play ...

Scientists can peer into cells to get a limited view of their activity using microscopes and other tools. However, cells and ...

Metabolism, far from being just a housekeeping function, underlies all changes in cell size and function ...

- Muscle cells, also known as myocytes, are specialized cells designed for contraction and force production. Skeletal Muscle Cells: These cells are long, cylindrical, and have a striated (or striped) ...

Scientists have uncovered a new way embryonic cells divide when conventional mechanisms fail. Cell division underpins all ...

Cells do more than carry out chemical reactions. New theoretical work suggests they may also generate usable electrical ...

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 ...