Synthetic biology combines principles from science, engineering and social science, creating emerging technologies such as alternative meats and mRNA vaccines; Deconstructing synthetic biology across ...

Biology — the science of life, living things and the processes that keep us all running — links up in essential ways with many other sciences, such as chemistry, physics and mathematics, which help us ...

Bringing together engineers, physicists and molecular biologists, the field of synthetic biology uses engineering principles to model, design and build synthetic gene circuits and other molecular ...

With the long-term goal of creating living cells from non-living components, scientists in the field of synthetic biology work with RNA origami. This tool uses the multifunctionality of the natural ...

Carolus Vitalis grew up in a small town in Chile—a town so small it doesn’t appear on any maps. Now he’s at the forefront of a large, impactful discussion: the pros and cons of artificial intelligence ...

Drew Endy is squarely focused on the potential of redesigning organisms for useful purposes. He also acknowledges significant challenges. By Steve Lohr This article is part of our latest DealBook ...

Several round plastic containers rest on a surface, and each contains a small, striped frog. Juvenile Australian southern corroboree frogs at the University of Melbourne laboratories Credit: Tiffany ...