A recent study investigates how polyester microdroplets, potential precursors to modern cells, could form under realistic early Earth conditions. Researchers pushed these conditions to the limits, ...

Nanotube bridge networks grow between the most abundant photosynthetic bacteria in the oceans, suggesting that the world is ...

Plants droop and shed their leaves when parched, but with a splash of water, their stems regain strength and their leaves ...

The fatty membrane surrounding every living cell is a vibrant environment where countless biological processes take place.

“One of the goals [of astrobiology] is to go to [other worlds] and look for microorganisms, but in the meantime there’s so ...