Fission yeast and budding yeast are free-living haploid cells that are easily grown in the laboratory. They have different cell shapes and patterns of division. Left, fission yeast; right, budding ...

A scanning electron microscope image of uranium ore from the Oklo natural nuclear reactor. The three false-color images show the products of fission in the form of Caesium, Barium, and Ruthenium (left ...

Mitochondria either split in half to multiply within the cell, or cut off their ends to get rid of damaged material. That's the take-away message from EPFL biophysicists in their latest research ...

The photograph on the left shows fission yeast cells in their resting or G0 phase and the photograph on the right are of yeast cells in growth phase and undergoing cell division. Disclaimer: AAAS and ...

Not only does nuclear fission provide the majority of the electricity that powers our homes, but it has also proved how destructive the power within the atom can be. When you purchase through links on ...

In previous papers (Bowden & Chadderton 1962; Chadderton & Montagu-Pollock 1963) some account has been given of the type of damage sustained by both stable and unstable crystals, and its relation to ...