14+ hour, 30+ min ago  (410+ words) Scientists at the University of Minnesota say they have built the most life-like synthetic cell yet, creating a laboratory-made system assembled entirely from nonliving components that can grow, replicate its genetic material, divide and even pass beneficial traits to future…...

10+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1075+ words) Proteins are the workhorses of life. They build tissues, send signals, fight diseases, and carry out countless processes in your body. Changing the amino acid sequence of a protein can change its function. This is what protein engineering does. It…...

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7+ mon, 3+ day ago  (33+ words) A tiny amoeba has broken a pretty big record. The newly discovered species of single-celled organism can divide and reproduce at a piping hot 63 degrees Celsius (145 degrees Fahrenheit), higher than. .....

8+ mon, 6+ day ago  (25+ words) Have you ever wondered how some life forms keep going in places so cold we'd call them frozen? Places humans wouldn't dare venture into?...