When Gene Roddenberry created "Star Trek" in the 1960s, he instituted several rules for starship design that are still ...

The human-made cells show many hallmarks of life, but they can't make all their necessary internal structures or divide for ...

Much like camera settings—filters, flashes and focus—affect what we notice in a final photo, the way scientists measure ...

Aphantasia, the inability to form mental images, poses a serious challenge to an influential theory of abstract thought in ...

Summary: Researchers argue that aphantasia, the complete inability to voluntarily form mental images, fundamentally shatters Hume’s theory and modern imagistic models of cognition. Individuals with ...

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

A group of University of Minnesota researchers have just effectively created something like life. It’s an artificial cell named after a potato. “This is likely the most exciting project I’ve ever ...

The thermometer reads 95°F (35°C) in Brooklyn, and vulnerable individuals need information to take appropriate action. New York City officials must gather facts quickly to provide updates on cooling ...

Scientists say they have built a cell from scratch for the first time that feeds, grows and replicates like a natural cell, a breakthrough in synthetic biology.

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What do Botox, rat poison, weight-loss drugs and a fictional murder investigation have in common? At the University of Nevada ...

The world’s food systems face real and urgent challenges. These include climate change, nutrition insecurity, food safety, ...