Lurking among them is a “giant” virus, a genetic behemoth that blurs the line between the living and the inanimate. When this ...
Back in 2021, Pierre Stallforth and his team at the Leibniz-Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (Leibniz-HKI) showed that bacteria of the genera Pseudomonas and Paenibacillus ...
Researchers warn that free-living amoebas, microscopic organisms thriving in soil and water, are spreading globally due to ...
Small and very mighty ...
Cooperation exists in board games, among researchers and among bacteria. Working closely together locally, scientists have ...
Back in 2021, Pierre Stallforth and his team at the Leibniz-Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (Leibniz-HKI) showed that ...
In its quest to feed, avoid nasty substances and just generally live its life, the brainless, one-celled Physarum ...
Life Processes is often treated as a chapter to memorise, but it is far more than that. From photosynthesis to respiration, ...
Fresh out of college, we were a bunch of misfits in a chaotic, run-down communal home, desperately trying to figure out who ...
Free-living amoebas like Naegleria fowleri are emerging as a global health threat, with experts warning of deadly brain infections, heat tolerance, and risks linked to unsafe water system. Keep ...
Brain infections caused by so‑called brain‑eating amoebas have long been treated as medical curiosities, terrifying but ...