A team of researchers at the University of Warwick and Monash University has solved a puzzle that has stumped drug developers ...

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

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This cell-like structure can grow, feed, divide and compete. Researchers ponder what it means for the future of synthetic ...

Influenza viruses are among the most likely triggers of future pandemics. A research team has developed a method that can be used to study the interaction of viruses with host cells in unprecedented ...

Much like radio operators being encouraged to use the least possible amount of power to make a contact, chemists have a ...

What makes something alive? We simply don't know, but synthetic biologists are a step closer to providing an answer thanks to ...

Concrete, although the most common building material in the world, is brittle and can easily crack under tension.

Scientists say they have built a cell from scratch for the first time that feeds, grows and replicates like a natural cell, a ...

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

The human-made cells show many hallmarks of life, but they can't make all their necessary internal structures or divide for ...