Find out what animal and plant cells are and learn what the function of the cell wall and the nucleus is in this KS3 Bitesize biology article.

Cells generate energy from the controlled breakdown of food molecules. Learn more about the energy-generating processes of glycolysis, the citric acid cycle, and oxidative phosphorylation.

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have shown that the "pacemaker" controlling yeast cell division lies inside the ...

Comparative Analysis of Viscosity of Complex Liquids and Cytoplasm of Mammalian Cells at the Nanoscale. Nano Letters , 2011; 110422133753083 DOI: 10.1021/nl2008218 Cite This Page : ...

The cytoplasm of ruptured Xenopus frog eggs spontaneously reorganizes into cell-like compartments, according to a study. Skip to main content Your source for the latest research news ...

Mitochondria (mitochondrion, singular) are membrane-bound organelles found in the cytoplasm of almost all eukaryotic cells but are absent in prokaryotic cells. The main function of mitochondria is to ...

In living cells, regulation of the electrochemical environment is supposed to be managed by ion channels—protein complexes that reside in cell membranes and assume definite shapes. So, it’s ...

The cells that make up all living things contain a fluid called the cytoplasm, which moves around in a process called cytoplasmic streaming. Although this internal movement was first observed more ...

Similarities between animal and plant cell . 1. Both have a cell membrane or plasma membrane. 2. Both have ribosomes. 3. Both have endoplasmic reticulum.

There are many different kinds of membranes in a cell. Learn how they subdivide sections of a cell and how proteins in these membranes are gatekeepers for what goes in and what comes out.