Having a neighborly chat improves seed germination, finds research in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Ecology. Even when other known means of communication, such as contact, chemical and light-mediated signal ...

Biology - Ecology

May 06, 2013 3.8 / 5 (27) 8 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- A species of small, transparent roundworms have a highly evolved language in which they combine chemical fragments to create precise molecular messages that control social behavior, reports ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Jan 26, 2012 4.8 / 5 (13) 4 |

(Phys.org)—While some advanced humanoid robots already look eerily lifelike, robots in the future may actually become partly alive. Currently, researchers are working on integrating living cells and other ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Nov 29, 2012 4.5 / 5 (11) 15 |

(Phys.org)—Diatoms (unicellular photosynthetic organisms) reproduce through asexual cell division alternating with short periods of sexual reproduction. A German and Belgian team has now determined that ...

Chemistry - Biochemistry

Dec 14, 2012 5 / 5 (9) 0 |

A team of UCSF researchers has engineered E. coli with the key molecular circuitry that will enable genetic engineers to program cells to communicate and perform computations.

Chemistry - Biochemistry

Dec 08, 2010 4.8 / 5 (9) 9 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- All proteins self-assemble in a fraction of the blink of an eye, but it can take a long time to mimic the process. And there has been no guarantee of success, even with the most powerful computers - until ...

Chemistry - Biochemistry

Jul 06, 2010 4.2 / 5 (9) 1 |

Whenever humans create a new antibiotic, deadly bacteria can counter it by turning into new, indestructible super-bugs. That's why bacterial infection is the number one killer in hospitals today. But new research ...

Chemistry -

Feb 02, 2009 4.6 / 5 (8) 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Deciphering the very early history of life on Earth is difficult. In the darkest recesses of the first billion years there are no 'body' fossils - no physical remains. Instead, scientists ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Jul 08, 2009 4 / 5 (9) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A recent study in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface presents findings that show that not all ants are as social as others. Similar to your friends on Facebook, some ants communicate with o ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 14, 2011 4.5 / 5 (8) 0 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) scientists have discovered that bacterial communication could have a significant impact on the planet's climate.

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Oct 12, 2011 5 / 5 (7) 1 |

Emotional crying is a universal, uniquely human behavior. When we cry, we clearly send all sorts of emotional signals. In a paper published online today in Science Express, scientists at the Weizmann Instit ...

Medicine & Health - Medical research

Jan 06, 2011 4.3 / 5 (8) 9 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- Controlling powerful emotional reactions is often difficult because the brain's computer has a separate "keyboard" that controls feelings within extreme emotions like desire and dread, according to University ...

Medicine & Health - Psychology & Psychiatry

Jun 30, 2010 4.7 / 5 (7) 0 |

By taking advantage of a phenomenon that until now has been a virtual showstopper for electronics designers, a team led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Panos Datskos is developing a chemical and biological sensor with ...

Nanotechnology - Nanophysics

Feb 12, 2010 4.6 / 5 (7) 0 |

(Phys.org) —Your cells are social butterflies. They constantly interact with their surroundings, taking in cues on when to divide and where to anchor themselves, among other critical tasks.

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Mar 21, 2013 4.4 / 5 (7) 1 |

Pericytes, the contractile cells surrounding capillaries, may use mechanical forces to initiate angiogenesis, the "sprouting" of new blood vessels, according to researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine (TUSM) and ...

Physics - Condensed Matter

Apr 26, 2010 5 / 5 (6) 0 |