Researchers at the University of Bayreuth and Forschungszentrum Jülich have demonstrated that specific light-sensitive ...

Scientists have created the most advanced synthetic cell yet made in a laboratory. They've dubbed it "Spudcell," echoing Sputnik, the first artificial satellite.

A prototype cell partly capable of replicating itself has been created using 36 existing bacterial genes, but it's not really ...

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

YouTube is partnering with Mark Rober and the NSTA to launch Class CrunchLabs, a free science curriculum featuring hands-on ...

The mechanical process of cell division exerts powerful, if microscopic, forces. How do the molecular machines that power it ...

Researchers at Princeton University have harnessed AI to understand how drugs affect the dynamics of vital structures within the cell, introducing a tool that can map the shape of these structures to ...

Cyanobacteria—ancient microbes that oxygenated Earth and made complex life possible—are still revealing surprises billions of years later. Scientists have now discovered that a molecular system once ...

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A new therapy has the potential to cure hundreds of diseases — and even reverse aging. Credit...Photo illustration by Kensuke Koike Supported by By Susan Dominus Why are babies born young? The most ...

In one of Kurt Vonnegut’s stories, God leaves it to humans to think of a purpose for everything, including "all this." Purpose both gives us something to live for and provides the foundation to pursue ...

Stanford researchers have combined two microscopy techniques to create a one-of-a-kind instrument that can show cell structures interacting in real time at an unprecedented 120-nanometer ...