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A single cell's siesta: How non-moving single-celled organisms manage to avoid bright light
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A single cell's siesta: How non-moving single-celled organisms manage to avoid bright light

Too much of a good thing is no good at all. Living organisms enjoy sunlight—in fact, they need it to stay alive—but they tend to avoid light that is too bright. Animals go to their shelter, humans have a siesta, even plants have mechanisms to avoid an overdose of light. But how do non-moving single-celled organisms deal with light that is too intense? Researchers at the University of Amsterdam have discovered the surprising answer.
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