Nanoparticles are widely used in medicine to deliver drugs, genes or imaging agents to specific parts of the body. Once a ...

Unlike computer code that sits on a device and does what it's told, lab-engineered genes can multiply on their own. While ...

Modern genetic research is “pushing the boundaries of what’s possible” by bringing extinct animals back to life, but could it ...

In a rapidly changing climate landscape, the plants we rely on for food, textiles and more face a multitude of challenges, ...

Thomas Mulligan investigates the groundbreaking scientific efforts to bring back lost creatures and reshape our planet's ...

Silver nanoparticles provide a more efficient way to cut and assemble DNA, improving recovery rates and boosting DNA joining ...

University of Minnesota researchers created SpudCell, the first bottom-up synthetic cell that feeds, grows, replicates DNA and divides.

The government is teaming up with Colossal Biosciences, a private company that claims to have revived extinct dire wolves, to ...

A joint research team has developed an automated design technology that enables the creation of DNA origami structures that ...

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 ...

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

Researchers at the University of Minnesota have developed what they describe as the world’s ...