The disposable soma theory of aging was developed to explore how differences in lifespans and aging rates could be linked to life history trade-offs. Although generally applied for multicellular organisms, it is also useful for exploring life history strategies of single-celled organisms such as bacteria. Motivated by recent research of aging in E. coli, we explore the effects of aging on the f...

Traditionally, the red nucleus of the cat is divided into two parts: a large-celled, magnocellular, division (RNm) and a small-celled, parvicellular, division (RNp). The RNm projects to the spinal cord and receives input from the cerebellar interpositus nucleus. The RNp projects to the inferior olive and receives input from the cerebellar dentate nucleus. In this report, we reexamine the connec...

The design freedom provided by additive manufacturing offers new opportunities to fabricate novel structures with a high lightweight potential, such as strut-based lattice structures. These consist of periodically repeated unit cells and can be used in several applications due their outstanding mechanical performance. One the possible are cores sandwich panels since lattices offer comparable pr...

Selection favours single-celled mutants that stick together when a sugar needed for growth is in short supply, suggesting that multicellular life may have evolved as a by-product of selection for more efficient usage of resources.

Bacteria have a role in the formation of colonies by a species of single-celled organisms whose ancestors gave rise to the animals, which suggests that bacteria might also have influenced the origin of multicellularity in animals.