organisms

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Next, they looked for chemical signatures that could reveal whether living organisms had played a role in creating the structures.

From Science Daily • Jun. 26, 2026

"These ecosystems are very dynamic, and the algal composition is changing really quickly," she says, adding that the pool should be monitored constantly "to know which organisms are living there".

From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026

Working evenings at the Harlem Hospital, he invented a method for characterizing bacterial organisms in patients with pneumonia, publishing his first paper at the age of 21.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 21, 2026

The single-celled organisms use the power of the sun to produce energy through photosynthesis, similar to houseplants on your balcony.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2026

A century of exploration of genetics illuminated how organisms transmit “likeness” to each other.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee