Under microscopes, scientists found that giant single-cell organisms were able to vacuum up more food when they are stuck together.

Proteins in the sheath of cellular protrusions control how effectively cells can adhere to surfaces. Biological cells often ...

The physics of how a quirky pond organism filters the water for food provides new insights into a possible driver of early ...

Researchers found that cooperative fluid dynamics between single-celled organisms may have driven the evolution of ...

Humans like to think that being multicellular (and bigger) is a definite advantage, even though 80% of life on Earth consists ...

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 ...

Quietly working in his office at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Zhaowen Luo focuses on creating intricate animations ...

Erwin Schrödinger, a theoretical physicist steeped in the philosophy of Schopenhauer and the Upanishads, delivered a series ...

Biological systems, once thought too chaotic for quantum effects, may be quietly leveraging quantum mechanics to process ...

Humans like to think that being multicellular (and bigger) is a definite advantage, even though 80 percent of life on Earth ...

Some herbs specialize in helping your lungs expel the mucus and debris that restrict breathing and harbor infections. These ...

The same genes could hold the key to regenerating cells in the ear and eye, according to a new mouse study from the USC Stem ...