A quiet layer of biology is beginning to change how health is understood, and it sits on the surface of nearly every cell in ...

Scientists captured malaria's invasion structure in atomic detail, revealing how it actively reshapes red blood cell ...

A new study establishes an experimentally validated basis for predicting excitonic properties via dielectric screening.

Line up the brains of a fish, bird and a mammal, and something unexpected comes up. You do not see three different answers to the problem of making sense of the world. You see one answer, tilted three ...

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

Researchers at the University of Minnesota say they have built thefirst synthetic cell made entirely from non-living chemical ...

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

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

A super-resolution image of SpudCell’s liposomes with an encapsulated genome and active protein expression. Photograph: Orion Venero/Adamala Lab A tiny blob in a dish has pushed one of biology’s ...

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

Scientists say they have built a cell from scratch for the first time that can feed, grow and replicate like a natural cell.

Scientists say they have built a cell from scratch for the first time that feeds, grows and replicates like a natural cell, a ...