You may use defense mechanisms to help protect you from stress, but they can be both helpful and harmful. Recognizing defense ...

How much do you know about defense mechanisms? Defense mechanisms are psychological processes that someone unconsciously engages in to avoid discomfort, and there are several specific types. Take this ...

Understand these self-protective psychological processes. Defense mechanisms are psychological processes that someone unconsciously engages in to avoid discomfort, and there are several specific types ...

New research delves into the intricate defense mechanisms of tomatoes against the notorious bacterial pathogen, Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato (Pst). It's a classic tale of nature's arms race: as ...

A (light green) bacterial cell detects a source of stress and is activated (dark green). It adorns itself with alarmones (depicted as red triangles) and can transmit them via cell-to-cell contact with ...