It’s very easy to lose a single photon. That’s why it’s so impressive that photosynthetic systems rarely do. In contrast to photovoltaic cells, which currently top out at around 30 percent efficiency, ...

Sport junkie or couch potato? Always on time or often late? The animal kingdom, too, is home to a range of personalities, each with its own lifestyle. Biologists report on a surprising discovery: even ...

Life’s leap from single-celled to multicellular organisms marks a pivotal moment in evolutionary history. This transformation laid the foundation for the complex life forms we see today. By studying ...

A team of researchers recently published a pioneering study that answers a central question in biology: how do organisms rally a wide range of cellular processes when they encounter a change -- either ...

Jaz Millar's research on glacier surface ecosystems and salt pan ecosystems were funded by the Natural Environmental Research Council and the Nuffield Science Bursary respectively. In the infamous ...

Wherever we look on Earth – even in the most inhospitable places – we find life. But how do organisms manage to survive such difficult conditions? Lorna Dougan explains how physicists are helping to ...