elegans, a worm used in scientific research ... Complexity in an organism is often defined by biologists as the number of cell types that an organism possesses. David Alvarez-Ponce, an associate ...

These worms are experts in regeneration – they can survive losing a large chunk of their bodies – and now we have a better idea of how they're doing it: specialized cells near a wound are ...

Insects’ aversion to worm castings is demonstrated when they are spread over ant nests, causing the ants to remove themselves ...

The secret to a worm's regenerative powers lies in stem cells. Stem cells are like blank slates; on their own, they do not perform any specific function, but they can develop into hundreds of ...

The surface chemistry of two worm species has been found to play a crucial role in their interaction with the environment and ...

Nematodes, or worms, are found in nearly every environment ... including hard and soft matter as well as biological cells and tissues. When the surface sensitivity, high mass resolution and ...

New brain-inspired hardware, architectures and algorithms could lead to more efficient, more capable forms of AI.

Nematodes — a class of worms that feed on smaller micro-organisms — have been the model of success for several Nobel Prize ...

Clad in thick, red gear that contrasts with the blue and white landscape, researchers retrieve worms from the frigid waters of the Southern Ocean circling Antarctica. They will bring these squirming ...

A spinal tap revealed she had extremely high levels of eosinophils, white blood cells that fight off parasites and other invaders. Doctors concluded she’d been infected with the parasitic worm ...