For centuries, humanity has wrestled with a profound question: what truly separates non-living matter from actual, breathing ...
The U of M has built the world’s first synthetic cell that can grow, divide and replicate, opening the door to new ...
The lab-made cell can grow, copy its DNA, and divide but cannot survive independently or be considered fully alive, ...
Getting it over the finish line was a labor of love—and now, more than five years after her death, the lab of former Sloan ...
The human-made cells show many hallmarks of life, but they can't make all their necessary internal structures or divide for ...
In a study published in Science, USC researchers paired a biological discovery with an engineering feat to create more ...
Scientists at the University of Minnesota say they've made the first synthetic cell that can complete a life cycle, a major ...
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 ...
A UCR engineer won a $1.6 million federal grant to improve scientists' ability to interpret brain activity and advance ...
Professor Niamh Nowlan of University College Dublin (UCD) has been awarded a European Research Council (ERC) Proof of Concept ...