A new study reveals how sperm change their swimming patterns to navigate to the egg, shifting from a symmetrical motion that moves the sperm in a straight path to an asymmetrical one that promotes ...

Sperm is critical for the fertilization of almost every living organism on our planet, including humans. To reproduce, human sperm have to swim a distance equivalent to climbing Mount Everest to find ...

Sperm is critical for the fertilisation of almost every living organism on our planet, including humans. To reproduce, human sperm have to swim a distance equivalent to climbing Mount Everest to find ...

Sperm are basically cells with a tail. It can seem surprising that they are able to navigate and swim with purpose. New research has shown that sperm are even able to switch up directions, and alter ...

Egg fertilization is often described as an epic swim meet: Millions of sperm swim as fast as they can toward the egg until ...

It's a commonly held belief: Sperm cells are like runners in an epic race, competing against each other for access to the coveted egg at the finish line. The egg, in turn, waits patiently for the ...

The notion that sperm are joyfully tumbling and rolling toward the miracle of life is a fitting one. But rather than oscillating from side to side like fish through the ocean, scientists have revealed ...