MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 27, 2023--

Elon Musk is signaling he’s thinking about requiring users to pay to post on Twitter.

Scientists have made an astonishing discovery that suggests bacteria contain memories to be passed on to future generations. Researchers at the University of Texas and the University of Delaware found that despite having no brain or nervous system, certain bacteria may be able to form memories and remember certain behaviours depending on the available cellular iron. When iron levels are low, bacteria can hunt for local iron in their environment, prompting scientists to believe its memory has evolved, according to Science Alert. "Bacteria don’t have brains, but they can gather information from their environment, and if they have encountered that environment frequently, they can store that information and quickly access it later for their benefit," Souvik Bhattacharyya, the lead author of the recent study said. "We show [...] that a prior experience of swarming is remembered when Escherichia coli encounters a new surface, improving its future swarming efficiency," Souvik explained. "An iron-based memory might offer the advantage of providing a hub connecting various stress responses such as antibiotic survival and biofilms." The 'memories' lasted for around four generations, before generally coming to an end by the seventh. "Before there was oxygen in the Earth’s atmosphere, early cellular life was utilizing iron for a lot of cellular processes. Iron is not only critical in the origin of life on Earth, but also in the evolution of life,” the study author went on to explain. "It makes sense that cells would utilize it in this way." How to join the indy100's free WhatsApp channel Sign up for our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.

Julius Baer is expanding its crypto wealth management services in Dubai, marking the firm’s first major digital-assets push

Link loading times to some Twitter competitors and news media sites posted to X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, appeared to be delayed or throttled for much of Tuesday.

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 11, 2023--

LONDON Britain has invited China to its Artificial Intelligence Safety Summit in November, foreign minister James Cleverly said

Finance Minister Christian Lindner has rejected talk that Germany plans to resort to tax measures last used after

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 3, 2023--

Usually the "lite" version of a product removes features (or calories), but the ASRock B650E

PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 13, 2023--

An artificial intelligence chatbot under development at Uber Technologies Inc. will offer recommendations to food-delivery customers and help