organism
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In Spirostomum, the myonemes form a fishnet-shaped web around the outside of the organism.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
The researchers now want to determine more precisely how calcium triggers the contraction and how the organism prepares itself to repeat the process.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
Runners up in the competition included videos of a roundworm encountering a single-celled organism and microscopic jellyfish larvae suspended in droplets of water.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Lawns showed the lowest level of soil organism activity.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
As a living organism becomes more complex, its cells differentiate—that is, they specialize.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
Oaks support a wide range of organisms, anchoring entire ecosystems, and also serve the vital task of storing carbon on a warming planet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
Unlike animals, single-celled organisms such as Spirostomum do not have muscle fibers.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
Higher-order organisms have developed a way of triaging that information, selecting what is relevant to our safety and our survival, and making instant decisions about how to allocate our resources and our attention.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
The findings suggest that longevity may depend in part on an immune system that remains highly effective against both infectious organisms and cancer.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026
Because, his brother Ahmad said, on moon-filled nights the plankton would be visible everywhere, spread out all over the sea, and the sardines could see and eat the glowing organisms with ease.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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