Researchers build anthrobots from human airway cells that self-assemble, move, self-heal, and reverse aging markers, offering insights into synthetic life systems. (Nanowerk Spotlight) What kinds of ...

Cody Cottier is a freelance journalist for Discover Magazine, who frequently covers new scientific studies about animal behavior, human evolution, consciousness, astrophysics, and the environment.

And that's just on the level of our conscious experience. But if you look closely at the sheer amount of stuff and activity in our bodies, the level of sophistication and complexity is almost ...

DNA repair mechanisms are crucial for the survival and growth of cells. Through a comprehensive analysis, a research team at ETH Zurich has identified numerous redundancies between the genes involved ...

A team of researchers from the US has turned DNA from human skin cells into "functional" eggs, which were able to be fertilised by sperm in a lab. While only around 10 per cent of the fertilised eggs ...

Scientists have discovered a mysterious new structure lurking inside every human cell. These tiny structures, dubbed hemifusomes, are just 200 to 400 nanometres in diameter. To put that into ...

Type 1 diabetes is caused by an insufficient production of the hormone insulin by cells in the pancreas called beta cells and ...

Scientists have discovered a way to fertilise eggs made from the genetic material of human skin cells. The findings, researchers said, have “immense therapeutic potential” for people who have no ...