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

Schlesinger wanted to revamp one of her favorite snacks. With a culinary education background, she tested recipes in her apartment kitchen. Just six months into Strip Jerky’s launch, the brand is on ...

Scientists built a synthetic cell that combines more lifelike properties than ever before — proof of concept that it’s possible to bring nonliving materials to life, or something close to it, in the ...

From chemical building blocks, scientists have created synthetic cells that have most of the hallmarks of life.

And Schafmeister isn’t the only chemist turning to modular methods of synthesis to explore vast regions of chemical space. It ...

David Baker’s research team at the Institute for Protein Design has unveiled a new technique for sequestering membrane ...

Thomas Jefferson was tasked with drafting a wartime document declaring independence. How did it become one of history’s most enduring symbols?