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

Nature is beautiful, powerful and essential. But nature is not always gentle. The same biological world that gives rise to ...

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 ...

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 ...

For over a decade, scientists have made extraordinary progress on the long-held dream of fabricating an entire cell from nonliving molecules and materials. Such synthetic (or "engineered") cells would ...

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

Scientists developed SpudCell, the first synthetic cell to complete a full cell life cycle using only non-living chemical ...

Scientists in a historic breakthrough have developed a first-ever synthetic cell capable of completing life cycle like a ...

Learn how SpudCell, a synthetic cell built from chemical parts, can grow, divide, copy its DNA, and bring life-like behavior ...