Nature is beautiful, powerful and essential. But nature is not always gentle. The same biological world that gives rise to ...
A tiny bubble of lipids, enzymes and DNA has done something biologists have chased for years: it carried out a full cycle of ...
Scientists say they have built a cell from scratch for the first time that feeds, grows and replicates like a natural cell, a ...
While many of life's mysteries remain unsolved, every biologist can describe the basic processes performed by a living organism, including energy use, reproduction, growth and development. While these ...
What makes something alive? We simply don't know, but synthetic biologists are a step closer to providing an answer thanks to ...
Identifying and delineating cell structures in microscopy images is crucial for understanding the complex processes of life. This task is called 'segmentation' and it enables a range of applications, ...
As 2025 comes to a close, the editors at The Scientist asked researchers to reflect on the biggest breakthroughs in cell biology this year. They named advances in everything from embryo models for ...