Protists, single-celled eukaryotic organisms encompassing unicellular algae and protozoans, inhabit aquatic environments. Functioning as primary producers and oxygen generators, they play crucial roles in the carbon cycle ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 3, 2024
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Single-celled algae and marine bacteria live in a complex but largely unexplored relationship. Now, a new study shows that the surface of diatoms is a surprisingly diverse habitat for bacteria. A team from the University ...
Ecology
Apr 19, 2023
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Scientists have transformed single-cell algae into functional perovskite materials. The team, led by scientists at the B CUBE–Center for Molecular Bioengineering at TU Dresden, converted mineral shells of algae into lead ...
Biochemistry
Mar 13, 2023
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Scientists have discovered a sexual reproduction process in microalgae that helps them better understand algae and plant evolution. Their discovery could lead to new industrial applications for microalgae, ranging from wastewater ...
Evolution
Oct 3, 2022
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Some raw materials are limited and not available and extractable everywhere in the world—as we are becoming acutely aware of right now by the example of fossil fuels and rising energy prices. Renewable raw material sources ...
Biochemistry
Sep 29, 2022
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Some marine worm larvae are pint-sized predators.
Plants & Animals
Mar 4, 2022
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Many bacteria and unicellular algae have light-driven pumps in their cell membranes: proteins that change shape when exposed to photons such that they can transport charged atoms in or out of the cell. Thanks to these pumps, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 3, 2022
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Diatoms, single-celled algae typically enshrined in a siliceous cell wall, generally act as opportunistic organisms, reproducing uncontrollably in the presence of favorable conditions, but are also able to make altruistic ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 25, 2022
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Biologists have identified a family of algae as a living missing link in the microscopic domain.
Evolution
Jun 18, 2021
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Karina Brocco French explains that sea stars are like butterflies: They go through metamorphosis.
Plants & Animals
Apr 5, 2021
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