Evolutionarily speaking, the ultimate goal of a lifeform is to reproduce and stave off extinction. Many plants and animals ...

Microbes often display cooperative behavior in which individual cells put in work and sacrifice resources to collectively ...

Microbes often display cooperative behaviour in which individual cells put in work and sacrifice resources to collectively benefit the group. But ...

There are also fruit-based extracts that exert antioxidative function in meat and poultry. Acerola extract (cherry powder), for example, boasts high levels of antioxidant vitamin C. Select plum ...

You'd think storing your dinner in the fridge would keep things safe for at least a couple days, right? Well, it turns out ...

Black-bulb yam’s mimicry tricks birds into spreading its berrylike clones. The plant's novel strategy helps it spread without ...

When a maize plant is attacked by the fungus Ustilago maydis, tumor-like tissue growths occur at the site of infection. How the pathogen causes this response in its host has long been unknown. But a ...

In filamentous fungi septation occurs during both vegetative growth and conidiation. New results recently published in Eukaryotic Cell now indicate that in Neurospora crassa these two septation ...