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

By 2050, scientists estimate that antibiotic-resistant infections will be associated with more than eight million deaths ...

In this case, the gene encoding T7 RNA polymerase was added to the SpudCell genome, and it was made by those artificial cells ...

A particle detected at the South Pole was born in a galaxy that churned out stars when the Universe was young.

Synthetic SpudCell, built from chemicals alone, grew, divided, and evolved naturally - a milestone in creating programmable ...

A prototype cell partly capable of replicating itself has been created using 36 existing bacterial genes, but it's not really ...

Scientists have built a synthetic cell from scratch in a world-first breakthrough that paves the way for creating entirely ...