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

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

An artificial cell assembled from non-living chemical components has been created that can take in nutrients, grow, divide ...

While many of life's mysteries remain unsolved, every biologist can describe the basic processes performed by a living organism, including energy use, reproduction, growth and development. While these ...

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

Biopharmaceutical developers should introduce risk-based, phase-appropriate characterization strategies for quality control ...

Call it the 10% Rule: design a product with conventional methods today, and statistically, less than one unit in ten of ...

Not all lawn weeds behave the same way. Some develop over the winter months then erupt into bloom as the weather warms.

As European wind sector’s voluntary landfill ban goes live, pan-European Project demonstrates composite material recovery and ...

Researchers believe they have found a way to recover almost the full life of lithium-ion batteries, through a relatively ...

As cities across the nation and the globe increasingly turn to advanced water purification systems to expand their drinking ...

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 ...