A review in Quantitative Biology demonstrates that scientists can now reliably build and combine very large pieces of DNA, ...

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A protein found only in microscopic tardigrades, one that allows them to survive extreme conditions like dehydration, can convey similar durability in synthetic cells, according to new research from ...

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A simple blood test can reveal the geographic relationships among healthy cells surrounding a cancerous tumor, researchers at ...

When activated by its target, the newly characterized molecule rips the genome apart, a lethal move that researchers can ...

Kevin Jonas, Christie Brinkley, Andy Cohen, Gordon Ramsay and more stars have opened up about skin cancer and the importance ...

If Sorsby loses his NCAA eligibility, he could try to enter the rarely used NFL supplemental draft. But given his ...

The sunlight-collecting organelles known as chloroplasts solve a packing problem: how to optimize photosynthesis without ...

Somewhere on the pitch-black floor of the Pacific, more than four kilometers beneath the surface, a tiny crustacean has been ...

Scientists at Durham University, working in partnership with Jagiellonian University in Poland, have developed a new ...