This amoeba, a single-celled organism, acquires energy by engulfing nutrients in the form of a yeast cell (red). Through a process called phagocytosis, the amoeba encloses the yeast cell with its ...

The amoeba-like robot uses biomolecules ... NASA this week was granted a patent for, “Locomotion of amorphous surface robots.” The purpose of the above worm-like jelly robot is to increase mobility as ...

A case of a rare brain-eating amoeba has been confirmed in Florida, according to health officials in the US state. The Florida Department of Health (DOH) said one person in Hillsborough County had ...