THE detection of metabolic differences between nucleated and enucleated fragments of Amoeba proteus suffers from the fact that the amounts involved are often minute 1. In a search for the effect ...

This amoeba, a single-celled organism, acquires energy by engulfing nutrients in the form of a yeast cell (red). Through a process called phagocytosis, the amoeba encloses the yeast cell with its ...

New studies show that first-born daughters really do have it the hardest — and that's great news for the rest of us.

A standard chore in biological laboratories is weighing the experimental animals (e.g., mice and guinea pigs) to record their rate of growth. Biologist David Marshall Prescott, 27, of the ...

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A study led by Princeton University researchers found that one of the world's most prolific bacteria, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, manages to afflict humans, animals and even plants by way of a ...

Religious thinkers across the ages have written that merely showing that something is natural puts it within the influence of God, the creator of all nature. By definition science cannot address ...

Just days after his diagnosis. “The amoeba does not discriminate. It does not discriminate based off of age, gender. They do ...

Sep. 16, 2024 — Scientists have discovered a new species of fish, the 'grumpy dwarfgoby'. Found among coral reefs in the Red Sea, it has large canines and a fierce expression, even though it is ...

Scientists have discovered that one clone of these amoebae carries two bacteria, one that serves it as food and another as a weapon. It's guns and butter, the scientists say. Disclaimer: AAAS and ...

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A child has died in Nebraska due to a suspected infection with a rare brain-eating amoeba, officials said Wednesday. The suspected cause of death is primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), a ...