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Biological Organisms
Biological Organisms: Living things that are capable of reacting to stimuli, reproduction, growth, and homeostasis. Organisms are classified by taxonomy into specified groups such as the multicellular animals, plants, and fungi; or unicellular microorganisms such as a protists, bacteria, and archaea. All types of organisms are capable of reproduction, growth and development, maintenance, and some degree of response to stimuli. An organism may be either a prokaryote or a eukaryote. Prokaryotes are represented by two separate domains-bacteria and archaea. Eukaryotic organisms are characterized by the presence of a membrane-bound cell nucleus and contain additional membrane-bound compartments called organelles.
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SEP 27, 2015Neuroscience
Amyloids, fibrous protein clumps often associated with diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, form characteristic p ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 08, 2015Neuroscience
Washington State University researchers have determined that the timing of an animal's sleep can be just as imp ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 25, 2015Infographics
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Bacillus subtilis is one of the most commonly studied bacteria in the world, ubiquitous in almost every type of soil in ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 14, 2015Plants & Animals
The CDC estimates the incidence of foodborne illness attributed to fruit and vegetable consumption at three million case ...Written By: Sarah HertrichJUL 19, 2015Neuroscience
Using light to remotely activate drugs could be the next big thing in treating pain, depression, epilepsy and other neur ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 14, 2015Neuroscience
Circadian clocks enable all living things to schedule their days so as not to be caught off guard by sunrise and sunset. ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 10, 2015Neuroscience
New molecules created with synthetic chemistry can alter the circadian rhythm in mammals. Chemists and biologists at the ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 27, 2015Genetics & Genomics
EPFL scientists discover that certain cell structures, the centrioles, could act as information carriers throughout cell ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 13, 2015Genetics & Genomics
The Science
Some wild microorganisms, found in nature and not grown in the laboratory, reinterpret the instructions ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 08, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Bacteria have traditionally been viewed as solitary organisms that "hang out on their own," says molecular biologist Kev ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 02, 2015Neuroscience
John Rodakis' son was prescribed a 10-day course of amoxicillin, one of the most frequently used antibiotics in the US, ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 23, 2015Genetics & Genomics
One of the first research Institutes to be part of the MinION Access Programme (MAP), The Genome Analysis Centre (TGAC), ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 17, 2015Immunology
Researchers at the University of Arizona have discovered what causes and regulates collective cell migration, one of the ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 16, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at the University of Arizona have discovered what causes and regulates collective cell migration, one of the ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 10, 2015Chemistry & Physics
The process of wrinkle formation is familiar to anyone who has ever sat in a bathtub a little too long. But exactly why ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 06, 2015Genetics & Genomics
When salmon, salamanders or other aquatic animals poop or shed skin cells, they leave behind traces of their DNA in the ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 06, 2015Neuroscience
If you walk into your local drug store and ask for a supplement to help you sleep, you might be directed to a bottle lab ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 04, 2015Microbiology
For the first time, researchers have produced a 3-D image revealing part of the inner structure of an intact, infectious ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeDEC 29, 2014Plants & Animals
When you think of research into human conditions, most people would not consider fish to be good test subjects. They don ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 25, 2014Genetics & Genomics
Much of the liver's metabolic function is governed by circadian rhythms - our own body clock - and UC Irvine researchers ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 21, 2014Technology
A group of researchers has successfully injected various types of DNA origami nanobots in living cockroaches (Blaberus d ...
SEP 27, 2015
Neuroscience
Amyloids, fibrous protein clumps often associated with diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, form characteristic p
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 08, 2015
Neuroscience
Washington State University researchers have determined that the timing of an animal's sleep can be just as imp
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 25, 2015
Infographics
Darwin Day is celebrated annually around Charles Darwin's birthday, February 12, 1809, and is an international celebrati
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
AUG 24, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
While there is a theory that RNA, instead of DNA, is the original building block of all life, many RNA molecules remain
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 19, 2015
Microbiology
According to new research conducted by researchers at Vanderbilt University and the University of Michigan, the age of r
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
AUG 15, 2015
Health & Medicine
Bacillus subtilis is one of the most commonly studied bacteria in the world, ubiquitous in almost every type of soil in
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 14, 2015
Plants & Animals
The CDC estimates the incidence of foodborne illness attributed to fruit and vegetable consumption at three million case
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
JUL 19, 2015
Neuroscience
Using light to remotely activate drugs could be the next big thing in treating pain, depression, epilepsy and other neur
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 14, 2015
Neuroscience
Circadian clocks enable all living things to schedule their days so as not to be caught off guard by sunrise and sunset.
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 10, 2015
Neuroscience
New molecules created with synthetic chemistry can alter the circadian rhythm in mammals. Chemists and biologists at the
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 27, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
EPFL scientists discover that certain cell structures, the centrioles, could act as information carriers throughout cell
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 13, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
The Science
Some wild microorganisms, found in nature and not grown in the laboratory, reinterpret the instructions ...
Some wild microorganisms, found in nature and not grown in the laboratory, reinterpret the instructions ...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 08, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Bacteria have traditionally been viewed as solitary organisms that "hang out on their own," says molecular biologist Kev
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 02, 2015
Neuroscience
John Rodakis' son was prescribed a 10-day course of amoxicillin, one of the most frequently used antibiotics in the US,
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 23, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
One of the first research Institutes to be part of the MinION Access Programme (MAP), The Genome Analysis Centre (TGAC),
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 17, 2015
Immunology
Researchers at the University of Arizona have discovered what causes and regulates collective cell migration, one of the
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 16, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at the University of Arizona have discovered what causes and regulates collective cell migration, one of the
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 10, 2015
Chemistry & Physics
The process of wrinkle formation is familiar to anyone who has ever sat in a bathtub a little too long. But exactly why
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 06, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
When salmon, salamanders or other aquatic animals poop or shed skin cells, they leave behind traces of their DNA in the
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 06, 2015
Neuroscience
If you walk into your local drug store and ask for a supplement to help you sleep, you might be directed to a bottle lab
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 04, 2015
Microbiology
For the first time, researchers have produced a 3-D image revealing part of the inner structure of an intact, infectious
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
DEC 29, 2014
Plants & Animals
When you think of research into human conditions, most people would not consider fish to be good test subjects. They don
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 25, 2014
Genetics & Genomics
Much of the liver's metabolic function is governed by circadian rhythms - our own body clock - and UC Irvine researchers
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 21, 2014
Technology
A group of researchers has successfully injected various types of DNA origami nanobots in living cockroaches (Blaberus d
...