The cells made in Kate Adamala’s lab at the University of Minnesota are, in her own words, “wimpy” and “helpless”. They have ...

The reason lies in that old mantra and the types of leaders it has brought to the head of Iowa’s major sports programs. While we’ve seen a flurry of successful coaches in both football and men’s ...

Scientists have engineered a nanoscale switch using DNA "origami." Inspired by macroscale mechanical switches, the device achieves long-term functionality without the continuous forcing mechanism that ...

In cancer research, one person's junk is increasingly becoming another person's treasure. Scientists have uncovered new evidence showing how recently evolved "junk DNA" genetic elements can become ...

Their bodies and their genomes were built in the lab from scratch, each molecule specified precisely. According to John Glass ...

Over the past decade, researchers at WashU Medicine have established that a molecule called SARM1 is a central trigger in the loss of axons, the vital wiring of the nervous system. Axon loss is ...

The latest discovery of nucleotides on an asteroid is making scientists rethink the story of where life all began ...

Scientists built a synthetic cell that combines more lifelike properties than ever before — proof of concept that it’s possible to bring nonliving materials to life, or something close to it, in the ...

For decades, restoring the once dominant American chestnut meant planting thousands of trees, infecting them with pathogens ...

Wed, Jul 1, 2026 Scientists have discovered a rare genetic condition that causes people to age at a significantly faster rate ...