LUCA, short for Last Universal Common Ancestor, is believed to be the single-celled organism from which all life on Earth descended. Estimated to have existed around 4.2 billion years ago, LUCA is ...

Scientists discovered complex life may have started 1.5 billion years earlier than previously thought thanks to phosphorus.

A Kobe University team was able to edit the DNA of Lactobacillus strains directly without a template from other organisms.

a simple single-celled organism called Mycoplasma mycoides, in 2010. But Yeast 2.0 will be a synthetic eukaryote; the first lab-made organism in the vast domain of multicellular life that includes ...

During morphogenesis—the process by which living organisms take shape—cells collectively position themselves in specific ways ...

“You can chop up a stentor and each tiny piece will become a complete organism within ... A single-celled stentor, however, is visible to the human eye at about 1-to-2 millimeters long ...

From new cancer therapies to innovative military health care and technology, Harvard's cutting-edge projects are in jeopardy ...

My husband gave me the microscope, aware of my growing obsession with the small—an interest sparked by my introduction to foraminifera (forams for short), single-celled organisms of an ancient ...

Until now, it’s been very hard for scientists to establish a detailed timeline of the early evolution of bacteria.

A chemical radar allows bacteria to sense and eliminate predators. Investigating how microorganisms communicate deepens our ...