Animals face a constant battle to survive, not just by finding food but by avoiding becoming food themselves. Over millions of years, evolution has produced a vast range of defense strategies, from ...

Defense mechanisms are a part of our everyday life. Even if you're not a Freudian by philosophy or training, you've got to admit that there's something to be said for the idea that everyone engages in ...

Marine animals, such as the extremely simple flatworm Trichoplax, are ideal model organisms for studying the early ...

How much do you know about defense mechanisms? Defense mechanisms are psychological processes that someone unconsciously engages in to avoid discomfort, and there are several specific types. Take this ...

When confronted with an antibiotic, toxic substance, or other source of considerable stress, bacteria are able to activate a defense mechanism using cell-to-cell communication to 'warn' unaffected ...

The defense mechanisms animals use to evade or fight off predators can be both bizarre and fascinating. Some use camouflage or mimicry, while others have protective armor. Sea cucumbers, however, use ...

We feel pretty miserable when we catch a cold or the flu. However, that misery has been carefully engineered by our body's complex defense mechanisms to keep you safe and healthy in the long term.

Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed software that reduces the time needed for a key task in the development of custom microbes from a week to just ...

The world as we know it is rapidly changing in today's autonomously driven technological environment. The Internet of Things (IoT), which integrates linked networks of the global microcosm and ...