Because they rely on hosts for a majority of functions, viruses aren’t considered alive. But entities like ‘Sukunaarchaeum ...

Two life forms living together helped spark the evolution of all complex life. By learning to appreciate this process more ...

Carbonaceous nanomaterials (CNMs) can affect agricultural soil prokaryotic communities, but how the effects vary with the crop growth stage is unknown. To investigate this, soybean plants were ...

The evolution of cells The oldest cellular organisms are bacteria and archaea. Their cells are small and have few internal structures, while eukaryotic cells are much bigger and contain structures ...