News articles tagged with 'organism' (Page 28)
Life elsewhere in Solar System could be different from life as we know it
— 6 Jul 2007 19:18 | AstronomyThe search for life elsewhere in the solar system and beyond should include efforts to detect what scientists sometimes refer to as 'weird' life - that is, life with an alternative…
Marine worm opens new window on early cell development
— 3 Jul 2007 02:36 | BiologyUniversity of Oregon biologists studying a common ocean-dwelling worm have uncovered potentially fundamental insights into the evolutionary origin of genetic mechanisms, which when…
Marine phytoplankton changes form to protect itself from predators
— 17 Jun 2007 00:01 | BiologyA tiny single-celled organism that plays a key role in the carbon cycle of cold-water oceans may be a lot smarter than scientists had suspected. In a paper published in the online version…
Prehistoric mystery organism confirmed as giant fungus
— 23 Apr 2007 07:15 | Geology and palaeontologyScientists at the University of Chicago and the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC, have produced new evidence to finally resolve the mysterious identity of what they…
Location, location - Cell sizes, lives influenced by host size
— 8 Mar 2007 20:10 | BiologyCells from the smallest to the largest of mammals often seem to be one size fits all. Now a closer look reveals that whether a cell lives in an elephant, mouse or something in between…