New research shows how a small group of single-celled algae are able to use chemical cues to communicate stress information. Understanding this ability, once thought unique to plants, helps illuminate ...

Researchers from several Parisian institutions have worked together to develop a non-destructive approach to study how unicellular organisms respond to stress, focusing on cell-to-cell differences.

A scanning electron microscope image of C. paradoxa, the species of glaucophyte the study’s authors examined (courtesy of John Burns). Plants have long been known to release chemicals to respond to ...