The bacterial flagellar motor is finally understood after 50 years. In its workings, columnist Natalie Wolchover finds the essence of life. You’re the earliest known life form. There’s no food around ...

On Thursday, OpenAI announced it had developed a large language model specifically trained on common biology workflows. Called GPT-Rosalind after Rosalind Franklin, the model appears to differ from ...

Astellas is preparing to close its Seattle site for its stem cell therapy unit, with around 55 employees set to be affected. The Japanese pharma acquired the site when it bought Seattle-based ...

United Airlines is introducing "basic" business class on long-haul flights later this year. These unbundled tickets can be cheaper because they let flyers only pay for what they value. Some industry ...

Michael Haskell, 17, set out to make some money from his locker dives. He ended up learning about life. Michael Haskell, 17, set out to make some money from his locker dives. He ended up learning ...

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Five years ago, scientists watched in wonder as synthetic bacteria grew and split into daughter cells. The bacteria’s extremely stripped-down genome still supported its entire life cycle. It was a ...

The researchers, led by chemistry professor Zan Luthey-Schulten at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, present their findings in the journal Cell. In two videos, researchers describe the work ...

Let’s say it’s 2036, and scientists are working on a new class of drugs. These medications are mirror-image versions of the molecules your body uses to fight disease. Their big advantage is that ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. If you’re serving hard time inside a California prison, you’ll often find yourself stuck in a cramped cell with a ...

Ribosomes are the cell's protein factories, which read the genetic code and assemble the proteins that every organism needs to live. But as far as how ribosomes themselves were formed, tantalizingly ...