In a recent study, researchers gained new insight into the lives of bacteria that survive by grouping together as if they ...

Humans like to think that being multicellular (and bigger) is a definite advantage, even though 80% of life on Earth consists ...

‘But the emergence of new multicellular life-forms from the cells of a dead organism introduces a ‘third state’ that lies beyond the traditional boundaries of life and death. ‘Certain ...

The organisms in the study are known as 'multicellular magnetotactic bacteria,' or MMB. Being magnetotactic means that MMB are part of a select group of bacteria that orient their movement based on ...

An electron microscopy images of multicellular magnetotactic bacteria that featured on the covers of the 2022 edition of The ...

Multicellular life forms that emerge from the cells of a dead organism suggest that a "third state" lies beyond life and death. The discovery has raised fresh questions about what it means to die ...

Researchers found that cooperative fluid dynamics between single-celled organisms may have driven the evolution of ...

The first-ever synthetic multicellular organism is ready to come to life after a Sydney breakthrough 10 years in the making.

One of the most promising pieces of research was a 2021 study that found the skin cells from dead frogs could spontaneously reorganize to form multicellular organisms called "xenobots." ...

A stentor is a trumpet-shaped, single-celled organism up to 2 mm long. It uses its holdfast to anchor to surfaces in ponds or ...

The death of an organism does not spell the end for its cells, according to new research. Cells have been shown to continue to function even after the organism they originated from is deceased ...