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Human motor neurones: so well-known or still unknown?

Movements, the fundamental base of normal human life, are produced when our skeletal muscles contract and relax, submitting to control by special nervous cells, the so-called motor neurones (motoneurones) placed in the spinal cord. It is surprising

Antibiotic sensing by a bacterial communication system

Bacteria compete using antibiotics. Bacteria compete with one another using an array of destructive compounds and strategies. For example antibiotics, used to treat infections, are produced by bacteria and other microbes and can kill competitors in mixed

The sound of one hand clapping

Combat in the animal kingdom is pervasive. Animals fight to gain mates, food and suitable places to rest and they fight to protect what they have, be it food or young. But with fighting there is risk,