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Prokaryotic vs. Eukaryotic Cells: What's the Difference?
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 7 months agoProkaryotic cells are like single-room efficiency apartments while eukaryotic cells are like...
The Real Difference Between Plant and Animal Cells
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 7 months agoFrom the outside, plants seem pretty different from animals. For instance, plants can't walk around and catch food like we do, they give off oxygen...
3D map plots human brain-cell 'antennae' in exquisite detail
Live Science via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThis microscope image shows the "wires" extending from neurons (multicolor) interacting with a...
Endoplasmic Reticulum: Rough ER vs. Smooth ER
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe part of your cells that helps you recover from a hangover is shaped like a maze of tubes and is made of two parts — the rough endoplasmic reticulum...
Meet the 'exclusome': A mini-organ just discovered in cells that defends the genome from attack
Live Science via Yahoo News· 8 months agoComputer illustration of plasmids, meaning small, circular, double stranded DNA molecules . A...
Strange-looking blobs appear in Colorado lawns after heavy rain
The Weather Network via Yahoo News· 11 months agoA stint of rainy weather in Colorado has caused strange-looking blobs to appear on green spaces. A...
Scientists discover once-in-a-billion-year event — 2 lifeforms merging to create a new cell part
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 month agoA microscopic image of a oblong, greenish cell with a black arrow pointing to a large circle within...
Meet 'Fanzor,' the 1st CRISPR-like system found in complex life
Live Science via Yahoo News· 11 months agoconceptual image shows a protein complex cutting open a DNA molecule Researchers have identified a...
Scientists revive 'zombie virus' that was frozen for nearly 50,000 years
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoScientists have revived a "zombie" virus they say spent nearly 50,000 years frozen in permafrost,...
UT researchers discover first viruses in ancient bacteria, a possible key to life's origins
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 2 years agoUniversity of Texas researchers have made the first discovery of viruses infecting ancient archaea microbes that may further scientists’ current understanding of the origins of life. Asgard ...