This was the key message by Professor Res Altwegg, founding director of the Centre for Statistics in Ecology, Environment and Conservation at the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Department of ...

The ecosystem needs our help and that of our animal friends. Jump in to read about 9 animals that are types of decomposers!

archaea (a less-studied division of life-forms formerly considered bacteria), protists (mostly single-celled algae and protozoans), and fungi. The vast majority of these members are microscopic in ...

These structures are highly conserved across species, from single-celled protists to humans, and are composed of a core microtubule-based structure known as the axoneme. Cilia and flagella are ...

Dip2 maintains the level of a specific DAG subpopulation, required for the activation of PKC-mediated cell wall integrity pathway ... (D) Serial dilution assay for single knockouts of bulk DAG acting ...

A single trapped ytterbium ion can be used to simulate complex changes in the energy levels of organic molecules interacting ...

An international team of scientists have unlocked a key piece of Earth's evolutionary puzzle by decoding the structure of a ...

Time-lapse analyses of millions of antibiotic-stressed Escherichia coli characterize the diverse single-cell dynamics of persister cells that depend on antibiotics, culture conditions, and ...

Much of MSU's past work has focused on microbes and other single-celled organisms that live in hot springs and other features in Yellowstone. Bob Peterson, an MSU entomologist and head of the ...

At first, the crew is thrilled by the discovery, studying the single-celled organism they name Calvin. But as it grows, Calvin proves to be far more intelligent and dangerous than they anticipated.