A research team led by Sahand Jamal Rahi at EPFL’s Laboratory of the Physics of Biological Systems has introduced a new ...

All complex biological systems—like the DNA, RNA and proteins constantly being copied and built within our cells—are prone to errors. That means as life evolved to be more elaborate, it also had to ...

Should all certified biobased plastics be counted as compostable? The answer depends on who is asked. The National Organic ...

Cortical Labs, a biotech company focused on synthetic intelligence, has revealed the CL1, the world’s first commercial biological computer. The system uses living human neurones grown ...

For the first time in the world, BSIP and ZSI are attempting to sequence the whole nuclear genome of this extinct Indian big ...

Fluid Metering pumps offer a cost-efficient and dependable solution here, utilizing a protective barrier media known as ...

Scientists have uncovered a crucial weakness in the malaria parasite that could open the door to new treatments. Researchers identified a protein called Aurora-related kinase 1 (ARK1) that acts like a ...

Fully automated “self-driving” process development labs are an attractive idea, but human expertise and oversight will always be needed.

Researchers at Australian start-up Cortical Labs have taught human neurons grown on a chip to play the classic Doom game. In 2021, they had already used 800,000 neurons to play Pong. Now, with four ...

The DNA foundation model Evo 2 has been published in the journal Nature. Trained on the DNA of over 100,000 species across ...

Scientists are trying to understand how complex life emerged on Earth about 2 billion years ago. Our microbial ancestors could be the key.

A resurrected ancient enzyme is helping scientists test how reliably Earth’s oldest rocks record signs of life.