Exploring networks efficiently
Analysis of ant colony behavior could yield better algorithms for network communication.
Microscale marine interactions may shape critical carbon cycles
New research finds interactions between microorganisms and marine particles may have significant effects on oceanic carbon cycling.
Research sheds light on delicate forest biodiversity
Quantitative study of Poland's Bialowieza Forest highlights processes shaping species coexistence and potential impacts of deforestation.
Forming patches boosts bacterial life
By clustering, cells can work together to survive challenging environments, MIT researchers show.
Uncovering diversity in an invisible ocean world
New research indicates marine plankton are not only more diverse than previously thought, but also profoundly affected by their environment.
Of yeast, ecology, and cancer
Jeff Gore’s work with baker’s yeast helps ecologists respond to trends, like vanishing fisheries and collapsing honeybee colonies.
Did Neanderthals eat their vegetables?
MIT study provides first direct evidence of plants in the Neanderthal diet.
Yeast studies suggest alternative cancer approach
Biophysicist Jeff Gore and collaborators urge applying lessons from yeast colony collapse to tumor growth.
Researchers find that going with the flow makes bacteria stick
In surprising new discovery, scientists show that microbes are more likely to adhere to tube walls when water is moving.
Early warning signs of population collapse
Spatial measurements of population density could reveal when threatened natural populations are in danger of crashing.
Polz to receive the American Society for Microbiology’s Elanco Award
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering professor, who studies wild microbial communities, is the first ecologist to be selected.
Sitting still or going hunting: Which works better?
If you’re a microbe floating in the ocean, there’s no single best strategy for getting food, MIT research shows.
From yeast, researchers learn how populations collapse
Findings could help fishery and wildlife managers monitor their stocks before disaster strikes.
3 Questions: Evelyn Fox Keller on the nature-nurture debates
In a new book, prominent historian of science dismisses the ‘unanswerable’ question of whether heredity or the environment matter more in human development.