Ever longed for a Linux distro to have with you at all times? Consider the super-fast, modular, and immutable Slackware-based PorteuX.

The cells made in Kate Adamala’s lab at the University of Minnesota are, in her own words, “wimpy” and “helpless”. They have ...

From why it was created to whether it’s alive, here’s what to know about SpudCell, the latest advance in synthetic biology.

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

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

Their bodies and their genomes were built in the lab from scratch, each molecule specified precisely. According to John Glass ...