Even larger human cells - like the skin cell - are 20 times smaller than a grain of salt. A red blood cell is much smaller than that. To allow us to see detail in these cells, we need the help of ...

Scientists say the map of a speck of a mouse's brain could be as transformative as the Human Genome Project. Here's what to know.

An important cell membrane protein is found to have a role in regulating ion transport in plant cells, which could help plants be more salt-tolerant. The research focused on one of the genes that ...

A grain of salt might go well with your beverage ... in low-fat dairy products may have fewer abnormal, pre-cancerous cell growths in the colon than people on conventional diets.

so he set about finding the right kind of salt. It turns out that the finer the grain, the better — powdery salt packs tighter and leaves little space for the softened plastic to flow — but ...