How virtual reality can transform behavioral science and enhance reproducibility

In a new paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a team of 41 authors from around the globe ...
C&EN

AI-designed nucleases build on nature’s design

Researchers used AI to create variants of a CRISPR-Cas12-like nuclease, some of which show increased editing activity ...
Nature

CRISPR gets a power boost from AI-designed ‘molecular scissors’

Scientists have harnessed artificial-intelligence models to create synthetic CRISPR proteins that edit the genome more ...

Bridging the gap: Connecting math and AI for discovery

Some, however, find that bridging fields opens new realms of possibility. Henry Kvinge, who trained as a mathematician but ...
NDTV

In A First, Scientists Create 'Synthetic' Cell From Scratch: "Most Fascinating Thing"

Scientists created SpudCell, a living cell running entirely on synthetic DNA for the first time SpudCell's genome is streamlined with 90 kbp across seven DNA plasmids, enabling modular programming The ...
Ars Technica

Artificial cell manages a few rounds of cell division

Understanding the origin of life requires addressing a collection of overlapping scientific questions. We’ve made a lot of progress toward explaining how simple chemicals present on an early Earth ...
The Guardian

‘Beautiful blobs’: can scientists build life from scratch? – podcast

Researchers claim they are closer to creating life from nothing after building tiny, quivering blobs that use lab-made DNA to feed, grow and multiply in a dish. To find out how significant this step ...
Interesting Engineering

Scientists build synthetic cell that grows, divides and passes DNA to offspring

Researchers at the University of Minnesota have developed what they describe as the world’s first synthetic cell capable of completing a full life cycle, marking a milestone in efforts to build living ...
The Guardian

‘Beautiful blobs’: synthetic life a step closer as scientists make cells using lab-made DNA

Tiny, quivering spheres designed to feed and multiply raise prospect of artificial organisms to make drugs, food and fuel Researchers claim they are closer to creating life from scratch after building ...
The New York Times

Scientists Made a Cell With Most of the Hallmarks of Life. Here’s What to Know.

From why it was created to whether it’s alive, here’s what to know about SpudCell, the latest advance in synthetic biology. By K. R. Callaway SpudCell is a synthetic cell made by scientists at the ...
CNN

Scientists say they have built a cell from scratch for the first time

Scientists say they have built a cell from scratch for the first time that can feed, grow and replicate like a natural cell. This breakthrough in synthetic biology could usher in an era of ...
NPR

Ex-NOAA employees re-create a valuable climate data site shut down by Trump

Scientists, educators, farmers and the broader public now have a new website for climate information in the United States. The site, Climate.us, launched this week and fills a void left when a ...