Multi-color 3D printing sounds wonderfully simple until you actually watch the printer do it. You load a few spools, assign colors in the slicer, and expect the machine to produce something that looks ...

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 ...

Scientists have long dreamed of discovering the alchemy by which chemicals can be turned into life. On Wednesday, a team at the University of Minnesota announced that it had taken a major step toward ...

Immunotherapies are a promising approach in the fight against cancer. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed a lab-on-a-chip system called CellTrap. It makes it ...

In a study published in Science, USC researchers paired a biological discovery with an engineering feat to create more faithful, reproducible lab-grown kidney structures from stem cells, known as ...

More than a century ago, embryologist Hilde Mangold conducted a strange experiment that transformed biology. As a PhD student in the 1920s, she moved a lump of cells from embryos of one newt species ...

Researchers have developed a way to program human cells to perform calculations and make autonomous decisions, similar to how computer chips work. In a new study published in Nature Communications, Ph ...

One of the most striking biological transitions in nature happens early in development, when an embryo transforms from a simple ball of cells into a highly ordered structure with distinct tissue ...

An iconic candy will getting a very different look soon. Mars Inc. confirmed to The Wall Street Journal that a new version of M&M’s chocolate candies will be naturally dyed, marking a big change in ...

An iconic candy will getting a very different look, including removing two popular colors. Mars Inc. confirmed to The Wall Street Journal that new M&M’s chocolate candies will be naturally dyed, ...

Gray hair is a natural but inevitable sign that we’re aging. But new research suggests that it might not be so inevitable after all. By using drugs that stimulate part of the immune system, ...

Jeremy Paskell is feeling a bit sleep deprived this week after putting in some long hours for a good cause. Paskell, an artist whose work includes large-scale murals," agreed to paint two Pontiacs and ...