To model bacterial life, Thornburg and his colleagues turned to one of its simplest examples: a bacterial cell with a ...

As regular readers of Unix Insider probably know, Peter Galvin has abdicated as Unix Insider‘s security czar to start a new system administration column for this magazine. Following Peter’s lead, this ...

A human cell is a Rube Goldberg machine like no other, full of biological chain reactions that make the difference between ...

Every multicellular organism, from tiny worms to humans, elephants, and whales, needs a way for their cells to connect with ...

Researchers report that a single glial cell uses different molecules to communicate with different neurons. Careful clustering of these molecules ensures that the glial cell can conduct a distinct ...

Every species develops at its own unique tempo, leaving scientists to wonder what governs their timing. A suite of new findings suggests that cells use basic metabolic processes as clocks. Just as ...