Researchers from UNSW Sydney have built the first artificial protein motor capable of taking controlled, directional steps ...

And Schafmeister isn’t the only chemist turning to modular methods of synthesis to explore vast regions of chemical space. It ...

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

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

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

Developers are increasingly relying on large language models (LLMs) for everyday computing tasks such as fixing bugs, ...

While many of life's mysteries remain unsolved, every biologist can describe the basic processes performed by a living organism, including energy use, reproduction, growth and development. While these ...