Environmental DNA contained in a small sample of water, sand or even air can reveal the presence of people, wildlife and ...

A quivering blob in a dish might not sound like a scientific breakthrough. But when that blob can eat, grow, copy its genetic ...

Inherited retinal degenerations are a diverse group of genetic disorders that result in progressive vision loss. Advances in ...

Researchers from the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore (CSI Singapore) at NUS have developed a new method that allows ...

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

Taxidermied, locked behind plexiglass and spinning slowly on a wooden dais in the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, UK, the world’s most famous ewe remains a public spectacle three decades ...

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

The lab-made cell can grow, copy its DNA, and divide but cannot survive independently or be considered fully alive, ...

From simple chemicals to a cell-like system that grows and reproduces, researchers have crossed a major milestone. The ...

Scientists find Arctic microbes swap DNA far more often than expected, offering new clues about climate change and carbon storage.

What do you call an organism with no evolutionary ancestors? SpudCell, apparently ...