There are many different types of cells in animals. Each type is specialised for a particular role. These ensure that the organism functions as a whole. The head of the sperm contains the genetic ...

Each nerve cell, or neuron, has three parts: a cell body, which contains a nucleus, mitochondria and other organelles essential for cell function; a long tail called an axon, which transmits ...

With the invention of the microscope at the beginning of the seventeenth century, it became possible to take a first glimpse at the previously invisible world of microscopic life. A bewildering ...

In the body, psilocybin becomes psilocin, which can increase nerve cell communication even in a single dose by Torsten Lauer, Zentralinstitut für Seelische Gesundheit ...

What are these living units called cells? Much like mini-fiefdoms, cells have all the equipment and expertise necessary to carry out the functions of life. A cell can eat, grow, and move.