While many of life's mysteries remain unsolved, every biologist can describe the basic processes performed by a living ...

A video of SpudCell - a synthetic cell assembled entirely from non-living chemical components - containing both a genome and ...

Artificial cells assembled from lifeless chemical components have been created to ingest nutrients, grow, divide into two, ...

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 ...

Scientists built SpudCell, the first synthetic cell that grows, divides and evolves, entirely from non-living chemicals. They still won't call it alive.

Scientists have built a cell from scratch for the first time ...

Cell division is an essential process for all life on Earth, yet the exact mechanisms by which cells divide during early embryonic development have remained elusive—particularly for egg-laying species ...

Learn how SpudCell, a synthetic cell built from chemical parts, can grow, divide, copy its DNA, and bring life-like behavior ...

Scientists have created SpudCell, a synthetic cell assembled entirely from non-living materials that can grow, copy DNA and ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising new way that giant embryonic cells divide—without relying on the classic “purse-string” ring long thought essential for splitting a cell in two. Studying ...