As we stand on the precipice of a scientific revolution, researchers are pushing the boundaries of biology by developing ...

Chloroplasts—the "light power plants" of plant cells—are increasingly the focus of synthetic biology. These organelles house ...

Ectogenesis could transform reproduction, but Assistant Professor Susan Kennedy believes that choosing to carry a child can still hold deep personal and moral significance ...

Scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography have described a new way to produce large amounts of xanthommatin, a natural pigment, in a bacterium for the first time. Xanthommatin ...

As garden diseases bite and budgets shrink, a forgotten family trick resurfaces, promising sturdier beds with little fuss this winter. Gardeners across ...

Researchers have developed a method to test neurotoxins without the need to euthanize animals. Many of our pharmaceuticals are derived from neurotoxins found in animal ...

As the use of AI spreads through every industry and becomes more of a part of our lives every day, researchers are also ...

A company’s plan to edit the genomes of human embryos worries some researchers — but it might reflect the changing attitudes towards the controversial approach.

Memristors — short for “memory resistors” — are the brainlike workhorses of neuromorphic computing, capable of learning from previous electrical states. Traditional versions are made of silicon or ...

US scientists have bioengineered the octopus pigment xanthommatin in bacteria, producing 1,000 times more material than traditional methods.