Tag Archive for 'Mitosis'

Incendiamoeba cascadensis undergoes cellular replication up to 63 degrees Celsius. Image credit: Rappaport et al., doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2026.08.043.

Geothermal Amoeba Found Thriving at 63 Degrees Celsius Shatters Limits of Eukaryotic Life

Sep 23, 2026 by Natali Anderson

Microbiologists have discovered a new species of heat-loving amoeba that divides at 63 degrees Celsius (145 degrees Fahrenheit) and remains motile up to...

3D projection of a cancer cell that is about to undergo cell division and adheres to the substrate with reticular adhesions: chromatin/DNA (blue); cell membrane (red); reticular adhesions (green/yellow in the bottom of the cell). Image credit: John Lock.

Scientists Discover New Structure in Human Cells

Oct 24, 2018 by News Staff

An international research team led by scientists at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, has discovered a new structure in human cells — a new type of...

Until now, it was believed that chromosomes only played a passive role in animal cell division. Image credit: NIH.

Biologists Discover New Mechanism of Cell Division

Jul 14, 2015 by News Staff

Chromosomes play an active role in animal cell division, reports a study published in the journal Nature. Until now, it was believed that chromosomes only...