Archaea—one of the three primary domains of life alongside bacteria and eukaryotes—are often overlooked and sometimes mistaken for bacteria due to their single-celled nature and lack of a nucleus. Yet ...

Researchers have discovered that virus-like nanoparticles can promote the multicellular organization and reproduction of host bacteria. These particles, which are evolutionarily related to phages ...

How did life make the leap from single cells to coordinated, multicellular organisms? And how do genetically identical cells ...

A study presents a striking example of cooperative organization among cells as a potential force in the evolution of multicellular life. The study is based on the fluid dynamics of cooperative feeding ...

Horodyskia, characterized by a string of beads with uniform size and spacing, is a kind of macroscopic fossil with a record extending from the early Mesoproterozoic Era (~1.48 Ga) to the terminal ...

The question of how genetically identical cells organize themselves into the intricate, spatially ordered structures that form tissues, organs and, ultimately, entire organisms lies at the heart of ...

‘Hockey or watching the daisies grow’ — a drawing by Alan Turing’s mother — depicts eleven-year-old Alan staring at daisies while his friends play hockey in the background. This drawing aptly captures ...

WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- Humans like to think that being multicellular (and bigger) is a definite advantage, even though 80 percent of life on Earth consists of single-celled organisms – some thriving in ...