For billions of years after the origin of life, the only living things on Earth were tiny, primitive cells resembling today’s bacteria. But then, more than 1.5 billion years ago, something remarkable ...

On Thursday, before the opening ceremony, the Leopoldina Senate will elect a new President. The person chosen will take over the role from Professor (ETHZ) Dr Gerald Haug, the XXVII President of the ...

For billions of years after the origin of life, the only living things on Earth were tiny, primitive cells resembling today’s bacteria. But then, more than 1.5 billion years ago, something remarkable ...

Image: A view of a model protocell with a fatty acid membrane and chemically formed strands of DNA. More images. A team of researchers at Harvard University have modeled in the laboratory a primitive ...

This article was originally featured on Knowable Magazine. More than 1.5 billion years ago, a momentous thing happened: Two small, primitive cells became one. Perhaps more than any event—barring the ...

Researchers have created induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) within diverse tissues of live transgenic mice, according to a paper published today (September 11) in Nature. These iPSCs found ...

A groundbreaking study has uncovered 14,000 unique sites in DNA that together form the most elementary blueprint for embryogenesis -- the creation of embryos. A groundbreaking study, led by Professors ...