5 latest biotechnology breakthroughs, from genome sequencing to microbiome manipulation, revolutionizing medicine, ...

By Ellie Katz A few years ago, Jasmine Lu was just starting her PhD program in computer science at the University of Chicago.

Researchers believe they discovered a new type of life form living in the human body that were previously misidentified as viruses.

The pathogenic bacterium Mycoplasma genitalium has only 525 genes, the fewest of any living organism. The concise creation was a favorite with geneticists, and it was one of the first organisms to be ...

Several months ago, researchers announced the creation of tiny “living robots” using frog cells. These creations were capable ...

Scientists from Tufts and Harvard created microscopic robots from human cells. They say the "biobots" can self-assemble and have a remarkable healing effect on other cells.

Understanding how fat molecules are distributed and function in living organisms is key to uncovering mechanisms of aging, ...

Organisms Created in Laboratory Are "Third State" Beyond Life and Death, Scientists Say "The third state challenges how scientists typically understand cell behavior." ...

We don’t know how much a human body can handle in microgravity Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko currently holds the record for the most time spent in space: 1,111 days, or over three years, of ...

But in reality, humans (along with all other living things) truly do emit a glow largely caused by an organism’s metabolic and cellular processes.