In the vast and often unseen world of microscopic life, a recent discovery may force scientists to rethink what it means to ...

The ability to analyze gene expression at the single-cell level—known as single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq)—has ...

Single cell organisms reproduce by cell division, on their own. They may live alongside other cells of the same species. An E. coli bacteria that forms a colony containing many thousands of E ...

Caulerpa taxifolia appears to be the world's largest single-celled organism. It can grow up to 30 cm long and has some unique properties that allow it to grow as a single cell. It has a large surface ...

New research from Harvard suggests some single-celled organisms may be capable of more complex decision-making than we give them credit for. In experiments, they were found to consult a hierarchy ...

This research suggests that these single-celled organisms are able to make a decision and change their reaction. "Protists have to operate in complex ecological environments and naturally exhibit ...

For the first time, scientists have demonstrated that an organism devoid of a nervous system is capable of learning. Biologists have succeeded in showing that a single-celled organism, the protist ...

Scientists believe that single-celled organisms known as choanoflagellates are distant ancestors of modern animals. In their genomes, they had versions of the Sox and POU genes, which today are ...

In the single-celled organism, too, there are logical connections between different elements of the cell. Chemical signals are triggered and ultimately lead to a certain movement of the organism.

Like all complex organisms, every human originates from a single cell that multiplies through countless cell divisions.

Most animals require brains to run, jump or hop. The single-celled protozoan Euplotes eurystomus, however, achieves a scurrying walk using a simple, mechanical computer to coordinate its microscopic ...

It's a single-celled organism with no brain to speak of, but it's capable of solving mazes, maintaining a balanced diet, and even "designing" an efficient railway system.