A first-of-its-kind achievement has implanted photosynthesizing cells in animal cells to make “planimals.” This feat could be ...

For the first time, scientists have created animal cells that can harness sunlight for energy—a feat once thought ...

Animal and plant cells have different energy-producing structures inside them. For animals, that’s mitochondria , which convert chemical energy from food into a form that our cells can use.

New research unveils the evolutionary origins of stem cells through a groundbreaking experiment that successfully created a ...

Scientists have reprogrammed mouse cells into pluripotent stem cells using a gene from choanoflagellates, single-celled ...

Scientists from the University of Tokyo have successfully engineered animal cells capable of photosynthesis. The team used ...

Many experts believed it couldn't be done, but researchers in Japan have successfully introduced chloroplasts into hamster cells.