(Phys.org)—A pair of researchers with the University of Alberta in Canada has found that shedding and production of new tissue in sponges is much more complicated and slower than has been thought. In their paper published ...
Students at TU Delft are using the latest technology to develop bacteria cells that can independently produce a bio-lens. The DNA in the bacteria cells is processed to enable the cells to form a micro-lens independently. ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 19, 2016
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Researchers from the University of Aberdeen have discovered that Spongosorites coralliophaga, which is a large sponge (a creature which attaches itself to something solid in a place where it can, hopefully, receive enough ...
Environment
Jul 27, 2016
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Reaggregation of marine sponge cells is lending new insight into the origin and early evolution of multicellular animals, according to work published in the Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 1, 2016
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The first animal to appear on Earth was very likely the simple sea sponge.
Archaeology
Feb 23, 2016
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The sponge researchers of Wageningen are plunging deeper. A PhD student of Wageningen University has recently taken samples of sponges in the sea near Curacao at a whopping 250 meters depth, and next year a search for sponges ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 17, 2015
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Bristol study reaffirms classical view of early animal evolution. Whether sponges or comb jellies (also known as sea gooseberries) represent the oldest extant animal phylum is of crucial importance to our understanding of ...
Evolution
Dec 1, 2015
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Scientists from the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research in Germany have identified a terrestrial myxobacterium as a promising source for the bengamide class of natural products, which were originally thought to be secondary ...
Biochemistry
Nov 13, 2015
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I n the absence of coral on Florida's ailing reefs, a titan of the sea is taking over: giant barrel sponges.
Ecology
Sep 22, 2015
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Researchers reporting in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on September 17 have found that sponges build their skeletons in a completely different way than other animals do. In fact, the building process looks a lot ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 17, 2015
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