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It was thought that complex cells couldn’t survive above a certain temperature, but a tiny amoeba has proven that assumption wrong ...

A newly identified amoeba can survive at the temperature of a medium-well steak. Plus, a distant lava planet shows signs of ...

Scientists in America and Europe have discovered one remarkable organism in California: an amoeba that can survive extreme temperatures.

Kerala has reported 170 cases and 42 deaths due to amoebic meningoencephalitis, commonly known as brain-eating amoeba infection, in 2025, the government informed the Parliament on Friday. In a written ...

For numerous fundamental processes of life, the formation of certain protein patterns is essential. Protein pattern formation ...

At a steaming creek in California’s Lassen Volcanic National Park, a tiny amoeba just raised the heat ceiling for complex ...

This cell likes it hot. A tiny, single-celled amoeba that can thrive at temperatures that kill all other known complex life — organisms whose cells contain a nucleus and internal structures — has been ...

Scientists have identified a single-celled eukaryote thriving in the steaming pools of Lassen Volcanic National Park, challenging long-held beliefs about the thermal limits of complex life. Named ...

Brain-eating amoebas have taken up residence in Tucson's water supply as recent tests have shown their presence in 12 wells. While the discovery of the killer amoeba, known as Naegleria fowleri, is ...