For the first time, researchers have directly visualized how newly formed cellular organelles leave the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and transition onto microtubule tracks inside living cells. This new ...

Organelle biogenesis is the biological process by which cells establish, maintain, and propagate their membrane-bound compartments, including their specific protein and lipid compositions, morphology, ...

The time I used to spend on Twitter I now spend on Substack, and my life is much better for it. There are a lot of interesting, eclectic writers in the world. This week, for example, I stumbled across ...

A new organelle has been discovered in human cells — and scientists call it a "hemifusome." Like the full-size organs in our bodies, the organelles within cells are specialized structures that carry ...

A new organelle has been found by scientists at the University of Virginia (UVA). The super-small specialized structure has a role recycling material inside our cells, and its discovery could lead to ...

If you’ve not heard of ultra-processed food (UPF), it’s time to crawl out from under that rock. But if you’ve heard of UPF and still aren’t sure which foods count, you’re not alone. Despite all the ...

The discovery of an unknown organelle inside our cells could open the door to new treatments for devastating inherited diseases. The organelle, a type of specialized structure, has been dubbed a ...

The agency is crafting a definition that could shape food policy nationwide. By Dani Blum The federal government plans to develop a new definition of ultraprocessed foods, a wide-ranging group of ...

Over the past year, there’s one athleisure item I’ve spotted in just about every workout class I’ve been to: Lululemon’s Define jacket. Because we review the cult-favorite workout brand regularly here ...

Organ transplants are a familiar idea. Organelle transplants, less so. Yet organelles are to cells what organs are to bodies—specialised components that divvy up the labour needed to keep the whole ...

Here’s a simple question: What’s a moon? As with so many questions in science, it may seem straightforward but truly isn’t. “Why, a moon is a celestial body that orbits a planet,” you’re probably ...