The same lipid that helps algae swim toward the light also appears to enable one type of brain cell to keep cerebrospinal fluid moving, researchers report. The lipid is ceramide, long known to help ...

The varied sex lives of a type of green algae have enabled a researcher to test a theory of why there are males and females. The varied sex lives of a type of green algae have enabled a University of ...

Turbulent times: turbulence could cause motile phytoplankton to come together. (Courtesy: Michael Wilczek, Marco Mazza and colleagues) Mild turbulence on the millimetre scale causes swimming ...