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Stanford researchers discover new type of cell communication

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Observations of cellular life in a local marsh lead researchers to the discovery of a new type of intercellular communication. Without touching and without electrical or chemical signals, individual Spirostomum can coordinate their ultrafast contractions so closely that groups of them appear to shrink simultaneously – a reaction to predators that makes them release paralyzing toxins in sync.
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