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Researchers at Tel Aviv University have developed a new imaging method that enables detailed three-dimensional mapping of ...

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In an interview, synthetic biologist Peter Carr explains research on synthetic cells, their potential benefits and hazards, ...

We used to think post-menopausal ovaries sat inert in the body, but evidence from mice suggests they may instead turn into an ...

Evolution, a new five-part series tells the extraordinary story of how life on Earth has changed over more than four billion ...

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The deadly H5 form of bird flu that has cut a swath across North America and elsewhere for the past five years has finally been detected in Australia. So what’s stopping this virus turning into the ...

Synthetic cell SpudCell, the first built from non-living components by University of Minnesota synthetic biologists Kate ...

Researchers have created SpudCells, synthetic cells built entirely from scratch, capable of growth and reproduction, marking ...

If that sounds like the original vision of OpenAI—a big AI lab that started life as a high-minded non-profit—that, says Dr ...