AI-guided redesign of protein alphabet in bacteria could unlock new ways to build synthetic organisms.

Cells constantly probe their environments, searching for physical cues that guide their behavior. And yet a cell's response ...

No, this isn’t science fiction. Real-life researchers taught a dish of roughly 200,000 living human brain cells to play the classic 1990s computer game “Doom.” Experts at Cortical Labs, an Australian ...

Tesla is expanding ties with LG Energy Solution and has agreed to buy $4.3 billion worth of battery cells produced in Lansing, Michigan for energy storage systems. The cells will be made by LG at a ...

A dish of living human neurons has been taught to play Doom. No, it isn’t conscious or watching the screen the way players do. But it is learning to respond to signals in a way that produces ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) In February 2026, over 70 years after doctors took Lacks’ cells without her consent or ...

Let’s say it’s 2036, and scientists are working on a new class of drugs. These medications are mirror-image versions of the molecules your body uses to fight disease. Their big advantage is that ...

Single-cell sequencing is useful for a number of applications. For example, it can reveal cellular heterogeneity inside complex tissues, such as tumors. It can also provide information about how ...

Lab-grown “reductionist replicas” of the human brain are helping scientists understand fetal development and cognitive disorders, including autism. But ethical questions loom. Brain organoids, which ...

The immune system has a tough job: When a tiny virus invades one of our cells, that cell must detect it and, within minutes, decide what to do. If the cell quickly self-destructs, that will prevent ...

Many science fiction and fantasy stories are enveloped in a warm glow, and it’s not just because of nostalgia. Some characters literally glow — from ET’s fingertip to the demon markings in this year’s ...

ALBANY — A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction ordering the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision to stop keeping dozens of mentally ill inmates in solitary-like ...