organisms

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In others, they are helping scientists identify organisms completely new to science.

From Science Daily • May 18, 2026

For a bucket of gravel it’s tedious, for minerals it’s difficult, and for living organisms it’s surely impossible.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Based on the shapes and chemistry of the specimens, researchers believe some may represent sulfur-oxidizing bacteria, organisms that use sulfur in their metabolism.

From Science Daily • May 12, 2026

"This significant research brought together three labs, working across three organisms to compare regeneration," said Wake Forest Assistant Professor of Biology Josh Currie, whose lab studies the Mexican axolotl salamander.

From Science Daily • May 9, 2026

Physiologists concentrate, instead, on the mechanisms by which these structures and parts interact to enable the functions of living organisms; they concern themselves with how things work.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee