For the first time scientists have found an organism that can produce chlorophyll but does not engage in photosynthesis. The peculiar organism is dubbed 'corallicolid' because it is found in 70 per ...

A light microscopy image shows the marine algae Braarudosphaera bigelowii, which is a potentially large evolutionary step. This algae absorbed a bacterium called UCYN-A and formed a new organelle ...

The so-called “circle of life” dictates that if a living thing exists, it’s probably food for something else. Viruses, however, have historically managed to escape this unofficial rule. Although ...

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From time immemorial, every living thing has shared the same basic set of building blocks — 20 amino acids from which all proteins are made. That is, until now: A group of scientists say they have, ...

For the first time, a team of scientists has created a synthetic single-celled organism that can divide and grow like a regular living cell. This breakthrough could lead to designer cells that can ...

added Zach Patterson, CMU alumnus and co-first author. Now that the team has demonstrated that they can use Softbotics to engineer extinct organisms, they hope to explore other animals, like the first ...

The Mycoplasma Genitalium, the world’s second smallest bacterium, is a humble microbe that was previously most famous for its fondness for urogenital and respiratory tracts, and for the distinction of ...

April 4 (UPI) --Scientists have discovered the world's first organism that can produce chlorophyll but does not perform photosynthesis. The unprecedented animal is called a corallicolid because it is ...