Who were our earliest ancestors? The answer could lie in a special group of single-celled organisms with a cytoskeleton similar to that of complex organisms, such as animals and plants.

Ten years ago, nobody knew that Asgard archaea even existed. In 2015, however, researchers examining deep-sea sediments ...

New research sheds light on one of the biggest questions in biology: where did complex life come from? The answer may lie ...

In 2015, researchers examining deep-sea sediments near the underwater volcano Loki discovered gene fragments indicating a new ...

Like bacteria, archaea are single-celled organisms ... These tube-shaped structures are the second key component of the ...

Scientists reveal the role of hidden microbes called Asgard archaea in the origins of complex life, challenging long-held ...

ETH researchers discovered related structures in Asgard archaea and describe their structure. These experiments show that ...

Like bacteria, archaea are single-celled organisms ... These tube-shaped structures are the second key component of the cytoskeleton and are comprised of numerous tubulin proteins.

Scientists have revealed how tiny swimming cells—such as sperm and bacteria—are able to move faster when traveling as a group ...

Like bacteria, archaea are single-celled organisms ... called Lokiactin—forms filamentous structures resembling the cytoskeleton of eukaryotic cells, especially in the microbes' numerous ...