Ultimate success,” says the synthetic biologist, would be that “all the atoms we’re moving in our economy are moved with ...

University of Minnesota researchers say "SpudCell" is the most life-like synthetic cell yet, able to grow, divide and pass traits to offspring.

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

In an interview, synthetic biologist Peter Carr explains research on synthetic cells, their potential benefits and hazards, and how governance of this research should work. Carr co-chaired a recent ...

The SpudCell certainly resembles a living cell, but a key structure inside the cell falls short of the real thing ...

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

What makes something alive? We simply don't know, but synthetic biologists are a step closer to providing an answer thanks to SpudCell, the most sophisticated attempt at creating an artificial life fo ...

More than half a century ago, Sir Roger Penrose envisioned a scenario in which energy could be extracted from a black hole ...

Ovarian cancer has long proved difficult to treat. Could the answer lie within the disease itself? Discover how synthetic ...