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

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 ...

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

The fluid dynamics of cooperative feeding may have sparked single cells to assemble into complex, multicellular life, as ...

The first life forms to appear on Earth were unicellular, i.e., composed of a single cell, such as yeast or bacteria. Later, ...

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

Shown are representatives of all major lineages of eukaryotic organisms ... lineages composed entirely of unicellular species. Other groups shown contain only multicellular species (solid red ...

The physics of how a quirky pond organism filters the water for food provides new insights into a possible driver of early evolution.

Cells are microscopic building blocks of unicellular and multicellular living organisms. Animal, plant, fungal and bacterial cells are different in terms of structure but also have many similarities.

Unicellular and multicellular organisms must control their metabolism in order to survive. Metabolic rates can vary depending on physiological states. The circulatory system and respiratory system ...

The study is based on the fluid dynamics of cooperative feeding by Stentor, a relatively giant unicellular organism. Humans like to think that being multicellular (and bigger) is a definite ...