Every plant, animal or other nucleus-containing cell also harbors an array of miniature "organs" that perform essential functions for the cell. In plants, for example, organelles called chloroplasts ...

In researching the formation of these multicellular organisms, Ratcliff used a strain of snowflake yeast with budding “daughters” that tend to cling to their parents, allowing the creation of small ...

Researchers have revived living yeast from the preserved remains of Ötzi the Iceman, a 5,300-year-old mummy discovered in the Alps. The cold-adapted strain, extracted from his gut and surrounding ...