A new study has uncovered a hidden step that helps the deadliest malaria parasite survive and multiply inside the human body. Researchers studying Plasmodium falciparum found that the parasite relies ...

Scientists are calling for urgent action on free-living amoebas—a little-known group of microbes that could pose a growing global health threat. Here's what you need to know.

Biologists like to say that reproduction is the ultimate investment, a costly gamble that shapes everything from lifespan to ...

By studying genetic data from nearly 140,000 IVF embryos, scientists have with unprecedented detail revealed why fewer than half of human conceptions survive to birth. The research uncovered the ...

Beryl Rappaport, a microbiologist completing her Ph.D. at Syracuse University, and a team of researchers identified a new eukaryote, a type of amoeba whose cells have a membrane-bound nucleus, that ...

A tiny amoeba has broken a pretty big record. The newly discovered species of single-celled organism can divide and reproduce at a piping hot 63 degrees Celsius (145 degrees Fahrenheit), a higher ...

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Amoeba Music, the Southside physical media store, will construct an apartment complex on top of the existing record store.A mural commemorating the establishment of People’s Park, which sits on Amoeba ...

Naegleria fowleri, commonly called the brain-eating amoeba, is a rare but serious threat in warm freshwater during hot months. The amoeba enters through the nose and travels to the brain, causing a ...

EXCLUSIVE: Singaporean filmmaker Tan Siyou has unveiled the trailer for her debut feature Amoeba, which will world premiere at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). Her debut ...

A Missouri resident died after being infected with a rare brain-eating amoeba at the Lake of the Ozarks, state health officials announced this week. The patient, identified only as an adult from ...