In a breakthrough that defies nature, Northwestern University and Stanford University synthetic biologists have created a new ...

Scientists build a synthetic metabolism that converts CO2-derived formate into valuable chemicals outside living cells.

A tiny desert fish survives in a sun-scorched cavern on the edge of extinction. Here’s how it’s offering scientists a rare ...

As a proof of concept, the engineers then used the same system to convert acetyl-CoA into malate, a commercially valuable ...

Natural biological systems cannot efficiently convert waste CO₂ or its derivatives into useful building-block chemicals at a scale that can keep pace with rising atmospheric carbon. Engineer a fully ...

Research reveals that five DNA letters can switch chromatin between fluid and solid-like states, influencing gene ...

In a breakthrough that defies nature, Northwestern University and Stanford University synthetic biologists have created a new artificial metabolism ...

From mudstones on Mars to strange gases in exoplanet atmospheres, tentative evidence for extraterrestrial life is starting to ...

For decades, biology textbooks taught that DNA’s story could be told with a single image: two elegant strands twisting in a ...

Your yard is just one stop in a complex daily routine of feeding, drinking, napping, bathing and avoiding predators that may ...

Seven scientists and researchers involved in biotechnology were recognized with the distinguished Filipino Faces of Biotechnology Award, which celebrated its 10th year, at a hotel in Manila on ...