Chatty cellular machines take synthetic biology to next level
Harder, better, faster, stronger. When cells cooperate, they achieve the otherwise impossible, something that could eventually lead to smart cancer therapies. Image: NIAID
Read MoreSep 2, 2015 | Journalism, Technology
Harder, better, faster, stronger. When cells cooperate, they achieve the otherwise impossible, something that could eventually lead to smart cancer therapies. Image: NIAID
Read MoreSep 2, 2015 | Earth Science, Evolution, Featured, Journalism
Where did life take its first, oxygen-rich breath? An important clue has been discovered at the bottom of an Antarctic lake, in an environment that gives us a sense of the conditions on Earth billions of years ago. Image: eliduke
Read MoreAug 21, 2015 | Earth Science, Journalism
From icy water comes life. The meltwater beneath Greenland’s glaciers is an important source of the silicon that some plankton need to build their glassy skeletons – and climate change could alter the input. Image: Bernd Thaller
Read MoreAug 20, 2015 | Earth Science, Journalism, Life
It has all the ingredients of a primordial soup. What’s more, the chemicals of life – discovered in a pocket of water that last saw the light of day 1.5 billion years ago – appear to have formed without any influence from biological processes. Image: brewbooks
Read MoreAug 19, 2015 | Animal Behaviour, Archaeology, Featured, Human Origins, Journalism
In the rainforests of west Africa, the woodlands of Brazil and the beaches of Thailand, archaeologists have unearthed some truly remarkable stone tools – tools that were wielded by prehistoric monkeys and chimpanzees. Image: jenmartin
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