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

From why it was created to whether it’s alive, here’s what to know about SpudCell, the latest advance in synthetic biology.

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

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.

The cells made in Kate Adamala’s lab at the University of Minnesota are, in her own words, “wimpy” and “helpless”. They have ...

While many of life's mysteries remain unsolved, every biologist can describe the basic processes performed by a living organism, including energy use, reproduction, growth and development. While these ...

Their bodies and their genomes were built in the lab from scratch, each molecule specified precisely. According to John Glass ...

Part of the SD Times 100 2026 series. See the full SD Times 100 2026 list for every category and honoree. Platform engineering emerged as a discipline because giving every developer raw access to ...

Part of the SD Times 100 2026 series. See the full SD Times 100 2026 list for every category and honoree. Application security has spent years maturing around a relatively stable assumption: a human ...

Eighteen new GNU releases in the last month (as of June 30, 2026): apl-2.0: GNU APL is a free interpreter for the programming language APL. It is an implementation of the ISO stan ...