When cells experience sudden physical stress, like stretching or pressure, they can activate a fast, protective mechanism ...

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) have discovered a microscopic organism that can transform into a ...

Water deficit resistance in plants has long been a topic of interest for cultivating reliable crops. Some plants can alter ...

A newly released International Organization for Standardization (ISO) global standard for mammalian cell viability brings greater consistency to how cellular state is assessed across biologics and ...

Larson, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at RPI and lead corresponding author of the study ...

Scientists identified phosphatidylcholine loss as a key driver of mitochondrial aging and showed that restoring it can ...

Biologists have identified molecular anchors that secure plant cell membranes to their walls during water loss, providing insights for developing drought-resistant crops.

A new method screens large libraries of synthetic cyclic peptides to identify compounds that can enter cells for therapeutic effect.

Within the past decade, biologists have discovered that one strategy cells use to keep their contents organized is a ...

Metamaterials—the term may sound esoteric to the layman. In science and engineering, however, this is an interesting field of ...

For All Mankind Season 5 finale aired on Apple TV+ on May 29, 2026, depicting Kelly Baldwin’s discovery of methane-based microbial life on Titan — a scene that dramatizes the azotosome hypothesis, ...

The lab uses cryoelectron microscopy and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy to reveal different conformations of the efflux transporter needed to move antibiotics from inside to outside bacteria, ...