In a new study, published in Cell, researchers describe a newfound mechanism for creating proteins in a giant DNA virus, comparable to a mechanism in eukaryotic cells. The finding challenges the dogma ...

Complex cells are thought to be the result of a union between two ancient microorganisms, but scientists have long been ...

A virus that is big enough to be seen under an ordinary light microscope co-opts its host’s systems with the help of ...

For decades, scientists have believed that complex life began when two very different microbes joined forces, eventually ...

Innovations in imaging and genetic engineering are coming together to probe the biophysics of cytoplasm inside living animals.