Some cell-shocking facts about these microscopic organisms — they may lack bones, bravado, or branding, but they are among ...

Credit must be given to the creator. Only noncommercial uses of the work are permitted. Adaptations must be shared under the same terms. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the ...

An international team of microbiologists from the Medical University of Graz, the DSMZ—German Collection of Microorganisms ...

Bacteriophages, or phages, viruses that selectively target and infect bacteria, have drawn growing attention for their ...

Researchers suggest the bacteria could be designed to detect pollution or nutrients, acting as sensors to help farmers ...

Scientists found that fruit fly larvae can sense electric fields, adding them to a list with sharks, bees, and even the ...

Contamination is one of the main roadblocks to successful cell culture. This article explores the different types of ...

Scudder’s book, Mother, Creature, Kin: What We Learn From Nature’s Mothers in a Time of Unraveling. My day-to-day parenting ...

“These embryos that are lost very early in pregnancy are never implanted in the uterus. They simply don’t manage to get that ...

Life emerged on Earth some 3.8 billion years ago. The "primordial soup theory" proposes that chemicals floating in pools of water, in the presence of sunlight and electrical discharge, spontaneously ...

“These single-cell organisms can do things that we assume ... in a petri dish and then watched how the liquid flew under a microscope. “You see them create these swirls around their mouths ...

Hence, scientists took this opportunity to explore the subtle processes occurring in living organisms. Nevertheless, such observations are complex─they require delicate samples kept in the liquid ...