How are individual cell behaviors coordinated toward invariant large-scale anatomical
outcomes in development and regeneration despite unpredictable perturbations …

All cellular membranes have the functionality of generating and maintaining the gradients of
electrical and electrochemical potentials. Such potentials were generally thought to be an …

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER• A “brilliant [and] entrancing”(The Guardian) journey into
the hidden lives of fungi—the great connectors of the living world—and their astonishing and …

Synthetic biology and bioengineering provide the opportunity to create novel embodied
cognitive systems (otherwise known as minds) in a very wide variety of chimeric …

The premise of this two-part theme issue is simple: the cognitive sciences should join the
rest of the life sciences in how they approach the quarry within their research domain …

Surface-attached bacterial biofilms are self-replicating active liquid crystals and the
dominant form of bacterial life on Earth,,–. In conventional liquid crystals and solid-state …

How do growing bacterial colonies get their shapes? While colony morphogenesis is well
studied in two dimensions, many bacteria grow as large colonies in three-dimensional (3D) …

All epistemic agents physically consist of parts that must somehow comprise an integrated
cognitive self. Biological individuals consist of subunits (organs, cells, and molecular …

Natural biological materials exhibit remarkable properties: self-assembly from simple raw
materials, precise control of morphology, diverse physical and chemical properties, self …

Secondary metabolites profoundly affect microbial physiology, metabolism and stress
responses. Increasing evidence suggests that these molecules can modulate microbial …