The human-made cells show many hallmarks of life, but they can't make all their necessary internal structures or divide for ...

What makes something alive? We simply don't know, but synthetic biologists are a step closer to providing an answer thanks to ...

A tiny blob in a dish has pushed one of biology’s oldest questions into new territory: When does inanimate chemistry become ...

In this case, the gene encoding T7 RNA polymerase was added to the SpudCell genome, and it was made by those artificial cells ...

This cell-like structure can grow, feed, divide and compete. Researchers ponder what it means for the future of synthetic ...

From why it was created to whether it’s alive, here’s what to know about SpudCell, the latest advance in synthetic biology.

A group of University of Minnesota researchers have just effectively created something like life. It’s an artificial cell named after a potato. “This is likely the most exciting project I’ve ever ...

Living systems rely on molecules fitting together precisely. A key concept is chirality – many biological building blocks come in mirror-image forms, like left and right hands. Life on Earth mostly ...

There's something almost uncanny about walking into a science classroom and being able to gauge, within the first five ...

The blood-brain-barrier is both a vital defence and a formidable obstacle. It protects the brain from toxic substances that circulate in the blood, but limits the delivery of drugs that could be used ...

Two years ago, an AI tool won Google DeepMind a Nobel. Researchers are now climbing toward a new goal. During Tuesday’s Google I/O keynote, Demis Hassabis, the CEO of Google DeepMind, proclaimed that ...

For decades, science educators have been encouraged to “stick to the science” and leave politics at the classroom door. But as disinformation spreads online and public trust in science seems to erode ...