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The Australian ballista spider builds a spring-loaded snare that is set off by ants of one species only. The power is in the ...

A team of researchers at the University of Warwick and Monash University has solved a puzzle that has stumped drug developers ...

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Concrete, although the most common building material in the world, is brittle and can easily crack under tension.

From chemical building blocks, scientists have created synthetic cells that have most of the hallmarks of life.

Nkechi Okonkwo has been awake since 3:45 in the morning. By the time most of Oshodi is still arguing with its alarm clock, she has soaked beans, queued at ...

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

A prototype cell partly capable of replicating itself has been created using 36 existing bacterial genes, but it's not really ...

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

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