University of Minnesota researchers say "SpudCell" is the most life-like synthetic cell yet, able to grow, divide and pass ...

What makes something alive? We simply don't know, but synthetic biologists are a step closer to providing an answer thanks to ...

Researchers at the University of Minnesota have developed 'SpudCell', a synthetic cell-like system made entirely from non-living materials. The laboratory-engineered system can acquire nutrients, ...

Using catalytic chemistry, researchers at Institute of Science Tokyo have achieved dynamic control of artificial membranes, enabling life-like membrane behavior. The work is published in the Journal ...

Artificial cells assembled from non-living chemical components have been created to ingest nutrients, grow, divide into two, ...

Artificial life seeks to recreate the core hallmarks of living systems—self-regeneration, evolvability and learning—using computational, biochemical or robotic media. By engineering lifelike processes ...

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While these are not artificial life forms created entirely from scratch, the work demonstrates an unprecedented level of control over the genetic software that powers living cells — and could reshape ...