The U of M has built the world’s first synthetic cell that can grow, divide and replicate, opening the door to new ...

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

And what if that battery could be fueled by nuclear waste? That’s the future scientists are working toward in DARPA’s “Rads to Watts” program, which aims to create lightweight batteries with a high ...

A tiny bubble of lipids, enzymes and DNA has done something biologists have chased for years: it carried out a full cycle of ...

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

Over the past few years, TOPCon has become one of the defining technologies of the solar industry. It has enabled higher cell ...

Researchers at the University of Minnesota say they have built thefirst synthetic cell made entirely from non-living chemical ...

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

While many of life's mysteries remain unsolved, every biologist can describe the basic processes performed by a living ...

Scientists built a synthetic cell that combines more lifelike properties than ever before — proof of concept that it’s possible to bring nonliving materials to life, or something close to it, in the ...

A new stem-cell-inspired technique allows scientists to grow vast numbers of immune-cell progenitors that can be engineered ...

A biotech company and a U.S. government agency announced on Thursday a plan to create an archive of living cells and genomic ...