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

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

SpudCell is a new cell-like platform that can feed, grow and divide like a normal cell — but it's not yet a perfect ...

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 ...

Getting it over the finish line was a labor of love—and now, more than five years after her death, the lab of former Sloan ...

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

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 ...

Scientists are exploring ways to mimic the origins of human life without two fundamental components: sperm and egg. They are coaxing clusters of stem cells – programmable cells that can transform into ...

What do you call an organism with no evolutionary ancestors? SpudCell, apparently ...

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

In a study published in Science, USC researchers paired a biological discovery with an engineering feat to create more ...

Unlike accidental cell death, some cells can actively decide to die through a controlled process. This is called programmed ...