Synthetic Life
Researchers at The Australian National University have developed the fastest random number generator in the world by listening to the ‘sounds of...
Scientists are one step closer to making more complex microscopic biological machines, following improvements in the way that they can "re-wire" DNA...
By swapping microbial genes, Chris Voigt designs cells with novel functions.
Bacteria don’t normally take photographs. Nor do they attack tumor...
The Synthetic Biology Project at the Woodrow Wilson Center is launching a new web-based Synthetic Biology Scorecard, designed to track federal and...
Opening up a new door in synthetic biology, a team of researchers has developed a microfluidic device that produces a continuous supply of tiny lipid...
Nicholas Roy designs robots for real-world challenges.
Consider the following scenario: A scout surveys a high-rise building that’s been crippled by...
Analog—rather than digital—circuits could enable models of biological systems that are more efficient, more accurate and easier to build.
As the...
Scientists at the University of Glasgow say they have taken their first tentative steps towards creating ‘life’ from inorganic chemicals potentially...
Vats of blue-green algae could one day replace oil wells in producing raw materials for the chemical industry, a UC Davis chemist predicts.
Shota...
Synthetic biologists design a gene that, when delivered to cancer cells, forces them to commit suicide.
Researchers at MIT and Switzerland’s ETH...
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