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Technique that inserts the genome of one bacterial species into the ‘dead’ cells of another could open doors for synthetic ...

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Researchers have created the first living synthetic bacterium made from non-living parts by killing a bacterial cell and then ...

A study has found that certain fungi can trigger water to freeze, offering fresh insight into how microscopic life influences ...

When bacteria cells replicate, they do so a little differently than human cells do. They don't undergo mitosis, a splitting ...

Fungi may be the key to weather manipulation, after researchers isolated a fungal protein that promotes ice formation.

Credit: Boris Vinatzer Fungi may hold a little-known key to ice formation in clouds. Can fungi affect the weather? It may ...

Gene and cell therapy is moving fast – and in a clear direction. Programs are pushing toward more complex payloads, virus-free engineering, and manufacturing models that can scale from early research ...

In its purest form (with no extra debris), liquid water can exist as a liquid until -40°C if left still (unmoving). In order ...