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

A jellyfish no wider than a dime can do something human skin cannot. When its surface is torn, the wound can close in minutes ...

Summary: Researchers reveal a deeply unified mammalian brain blueprint for olfaction. By tracking free-roaming mice with high-velocity robotic cameras and recording directly from the olfactory bulbs ...

Unlike accidental cell death, some cells can actively decide to die through a controlled process. This is called programmed cell death and can occur in different forms, including apoptosis and ...

Picture a mouse taking rapid, staccato sniffs of a crumb it's found while foraging for food. Now compare that with a human leaning in for a single, deep inhale to gauge whether a cantaloupe is ripe.

In humans, that supply dwindles until menopause, when it goes bankrupt. Over the past two decades, scientists have identified ...

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

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I enrolled in Human Longevity's executive health program. My cancer results were reassuring, but my genetic results left me a ...

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