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

For centuries, humanity has wrestled with a profound question: what truly separates non-living matter from actual, breathing ...

The MTCH2 protein is closely linked to fat cell production. (Steve Gschmeissner/Science Photo Library/Getty Images) While GLP ...

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

Researchers at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) have created the world's simplest artificial cell capable of chemical navigation, migrating toward specific substances like living ...

A protein called “Mitch” may hold the key to a new generation of obesity treatments. Researchers found that disabling it in human cells boosts fat burning, increases energy use, and makes it harder ...

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Scientists can peer into cells to get a limited view of their activity using microscopes and other tools. However, cells and the molecular events within them are dynamic, and developmental processes, ...

Until now, cells dividing by mitosis were thought to grow round and then split into two identical, spherical daughter cells. New research has found that some cells are isomorphic, meaning they retain ...

Made in Abyss Awakening Mystery opens October 23, 2026 in Japan, and its six-layer worldbuilding maps onto real physics with ...

A video of SpudCell - a synthetic cell assembled entirely from non-living chemical components - containing both a genome and ...