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 ...

Synthetic cell SpudCell, the first built from non-living components by University of Minnesota synthetic biologists Kate ...

A small change in acidity can transform the world around us. A squeeze of lemon changes the taste of food. Vinegar preserves ...

From chemical building blocks, scientists have created synthetic cells that have most of the hallmarks of life.

A tiny blob in a dish has pushed one of biology’s oldest questions into new territory: When does inanimate chemistry become ...

Utilizing SERS for protein detection offers high sensitivity and label-free analysis, advancing proteomics and biomarker ...

Inside every cell are lipid molecules that make up cellular membranes, helping organelles communicate and respond to stress.

David Baker’s research team at the Institute for Protein Design has unveiled a new technique for sequestering membrane ...

Inside every cell are lipid molecules that make up cellular membranes, helping organelles communicate and respond to stress.

Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered that one of the body's most fundamental biological processes—how red blood ...

Research into the biophysical and molecular interactions between aggregation-prone proteins and cellular membranes is a dynamic and expanding field, given ...