In the frozen reaches of the planet—glaciers, mountaintops, and icy groundwater—scientists have uncovered strange ...

One notable success story is the cloning of Przewalski's horses, once extinct in the wild. Kurt, the first cloned ...

Scientists say they captured 3D images of a new organelle they're calling a "hemifusome," which may be a recycling center in ...

The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about women freezing their egg cells in preparation for ...

The frozen zoo keeps the cells of more than 11,000 individual animals, helping save endangered species.

Whether men of the past were left out or checked-out of the fertility conversation depends on who you ask. But old beliefs ...

The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about women freezing their egg cells in preparation for pregnancy and subsidies fo ...

A previously unknown structure discovered in our cells could pave the way toward new treatments for various genetic disorders ...

Cryopreserved red blood cells are specially processed and stored at ultra-low temperatures, enabling long-term preservation — up to 30 years — of rare and hard-to-match blood types.

A frozen zoo is an extensive collection of living cell lines preserved for valuable conservation, research, and future use.

Braving the icy currents of a freezing river, I embarked on a scuba diving expedition that led to an unexpected discovery: ...