Scientists have engineered 'SpudCell,' a lab-made system from chemicals that mimics life's core functions like growth and ...

The evolution of life on Earth is a highly theorized thing. While there are many theories as to how life came to be on our little blue marble, some believe that it all came about because RNA ...

A recent study published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society examines how autocatalytic reactions, which is when molecules are produced from chemical reactions over and over, could help ...

How can lifeless molecules come together to form a living cell? It is one of the most fundamental questions in science: how can lifeless molecules come together to form a living cell? Bert Poolman, ...

This image shows the production of ATP in a mitochondrion, requiring > 100 proteins, and the synthetic vesicles producing ATP, with only 5 proteins. It is one of the most fundamental questions in ...