For centuries, humanity has wrestled with a profound question: what truly separates non-living matter from actual, breathing ...

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

Bundang Jesaeng Hospital, operated by Daejin Medical Foundation and headed by Son Jeong-hwan, has become the first hospital ...

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have found a key to developing a vaccine against one of humankind’s oldest ...

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

Researchers at the University of Münster and Ruhr University Bochum have demonstrated for the first time in real time that the body's own defense cells use catecholamines—neurotransmitters such as ...

Scientists built a synthetic cell that combines more lifelike properties than ever before — proof of concept that it’s possible to bring nonliving materials to life, or something close to it, in the ...

Tiny, quivering spheres designed to feed and multiply raise prospect of artificial organisms to make drugs, food and fuel ...

Created from 150 components, including lipids, ribosomes, enzymes, and DNA, in the lab. At the core of the design are 36 ...

Perovskite solar cells have dominated the headlines with record-breaking efficiencies, but a little-known material could ...

ISLAMABAD: A conference intended to put Pakistan's prison system under the microscope instead saw politics take centre stage ...

Males of the species Drosophila melanogaster pack thousands of almost two-millimeter-long sperm cells into significantly smaller storage organs. A new study reveals how they move in an orderly manner ...