It took two scientists decades to find a new nitrogen-fixing organelle. It could change the future of sustainable agriculture ...

A major transition in evolution is the shift from asexual to sexual reproduction in early organisms. But why would a yeast ...

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

Scientists have created a cell from scratch and believe they can engineer it, which would be a medical phenomenon.

Scientists built SpudCell, the first synthetic cell that grows, divides and evolves, entirely from non-living chemicals. They still won't call it alive.

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 ...

The key to making longer-lasting electric vehicle batteries may not be specialized materials or new chemistry, but simple ...

Post-mitotic neurons in the brain that re-enter the cell cycle quickly succumb to senescence, and this re-entry is more common in Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study. The phenomenon may ...

Neurons, the uber-connected nerve cells that act as a main switchboard for the brain, are central to some incredibly complicated processes. They make it possible to think, walk, speak, and breathe.

Five years ago, scientists watched in wonder as synthetic bacteria grew and split into daughter cells. The bacteria’s extremely stripped-down genome still supported its entire life cycle. It was a ...

The team simulated a living cell at nanoscale resolution and recapitulated how every molecule within that cell behaved over the course of a full cell cycle. The work took many years: vast computer ...

The researchers, led by chemistry professor Zan Luthey-Schulten at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, present their findings in the journal Cell. In two videos, researchers describe the work ...