Billions of years ago, the molecular building blocks of life emerged from a complex web of chemical and geological processes.

A new study explores how complex chemical mixtures change under shifting environmental conditions, shedding light on the ...

Synthetic biology is the design and construction of new biological parts, devices, and systems, and the re-design of existing, natural biological systems for useful purposes. Directed evolution is ...

Yale researchers have created "Ochre," a genomically recoded organism that enables the production of synthetic proteins with ...

What if evolution could be simulated in a lab? At the intersection of artificial intelligence, biology, and evolutionary science, researchers have unveiled a tool that might just rewrite the rules of ...

Macquarie University researchers have worked with an international team of scientists to achieve a major milestone in synthetic biology by completing the creation of the final chromosome in the ...

Synthetic cells that look just like natural cells but are chemically reversed could outcompete other living organisms − with dire consequences for human health and the environment.

Synthetic biology holds much promise for the life sciences sector as it continues to look for new ways of treating disease and accelerating drug development, says Debiopharm's Tanja Dowe.

How can the field of synthetic biology help improve engineered living materials (ELMs)? This is what a recent study published ...