Bray, Dennis Heath, Julian and Moss, Diana 1986. The Membrane-Associated ‘Cortex’ of Animal Cells: its Structure and Mechanical Properties. Journal of Cell ...

There’s another way of making a structure. A shell structure is just made of a thin, curved outer layer and it’s hollow inside. Like this, or this, or this, or this. A shell structure doesn ...

In a move akin to puncturing an egg yolk without breaking the shell or egg white, researchers have figured out how to pierce the nucleus of a cell without hurting the rest of the structure.

If you’ve noticed the white stringy thing in egg yolks, you’re not alone, but you shouldn’t be alarmed (same thing applies if ...

Beyond the ladder-like structure described above, another key characteristic of double-stranded DNA is its unique three-dimensional shape. The first photographic evidence of this shape was ...

How do you store your eggs? Turns out storing eggs the right way can keep them fresher and can also keep it in better shape.

Stachel, John 1972. The Rise and Fall of Geometrodynamics. PSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association, Vol. 1972, Issue. , p. 31.

The YOLK Solar Cow is helping to improve access to electricity and education in developing nations. Placed near schools, the solar charging system that literally looks like a cow has “power milk ...

A thin, tubelike structure called a siphuncle pumped air through the interior chambers of the shell, which scientists believe helped provide buoyancy and move ammonites through the water.