There’s unexpected movement in the world of cell biology — specifically, with the energy factories known as mitochondria. Ever since they were discovered in the mid-nineteenth century ...

Sometime around 2 billion years ago, a bacterium slipped inside a larger cell, started producing energy there ... The researchers who made the discovery propose that the independent mitochondria may ...

containing organelles and ribosomes Location of many chemical reactions All cell types Mitochondria?-shaped structures found in ? Location where aerobic respiration occurs and most of the cell's ...

For instance, the length of the leaf cell above is ten times the diameter of a red blood cell. If you increase a number by one order of magnitude, you are multiplying the number by 10. If you ...

Similarly, it would be nice to know you’re not making any boneheaded mistakes early in the design process, which is what this DIY TEM cell is all about. We really like [Petteri Aimonen]’s ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. B.H. Abuaita et al., “Mitochondria-derived vesicles deliver antimicrobial reactive oxygen species to control phagosome-localized Staphylococcus ...

Mitochondria are the cellular powerhouses responsible for breaking down the carbohydrates and fatty acids in food to produce molecules called ATP, which the body then uses as energy. In people ...