(Nanowerk Spotlight) Bacteria use chemical signals to communicate with one another through a process called quorum sensing, which allows a population of single-celled microbes to work like a ...
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. For a molecule of RNA, the world is a dangerous place. Unlike DNA, which can persist for millions of years in its remarkably stable, ...
Plants, silent as they are to our ears, are in constant conversation with their environment. As scientists have developed ever-more-sensitive tools to eavesdrop on this molecular chatter, they’ve ...
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What actually is the difference between plants and animals? It's not as obvious as you think, say scientists...
The natural world doesn’t always fit neatly into our defined boundaries, says Will Newton ...
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