PROTEUS, a system designed to harness “directed evolution,” can speed the process up by years, or even decades.

In this 2025 ingredient transparency update, Emma highlights growing public interest in methane-producing gut bacteria, ...

To build proteins, cells rely on a molecule called transfer RNA, or tRNA. tRNAs act like protein-building couriers, where they read the ...

Micrometeorites raining down from space may have provided the perfect surfaces for the first primitive cells to form on Earth ...

In the vast and often unseen world of microscopic life, a recent discovery may force scientists to rethink what it means to ...

It has genes for ribosomes, tRNAs, and mRNAs. These components are the scaffolding of life: the tools by which cells read ...

Single-celled organisms called archaea aren't generally thought to cause human disease, but one species has been implicated in colorectal cancer ...

Scientists have discovered Sukunaarchaeum mirabile, a unique archaeon residing within marine plankton, challenging traditional definitions of life. Th ...

This newly found organism doesn’t act like a virus or a cell, and that could change everything we know about biology.

Because they rely on hosts for a majority of functions, viruses aren’t considered alive. But entities like this one ...

Two life forms living together helped spark the evolution of all complex life. By learning to appreciate this process more ...