In a remarkable scientific breakthrough, University of Minnesota researchers unveiled SpudCell, a synthetic construct ...

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.

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

University of Minnesota researchers say they've developed the world’s first synthetic cell with a complete life cycle — a ...

Scientists at the University of Minnesota say they've made the first synthetic cell that can complete a life cycle, a major ...

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 ...

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 ...