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Synthetic biology offers a toolkit to engineer microbes capable of surviving in outer space and for biomanufacturing materials to support astronauts on long missions.

By decoding neural signals linked to a person’s inner monologue, researchers enabled communication for individuals with severe speech impairments.

A synthetic system helped bacteria produce protein variants within days, laying the foundation to engineer therapeutic proteins with desired functions.

The cold sore virus takes over its host’s transcription machinery to replicate itself. Inhibiting a host enzyme can halt infection. 

Although securing grants in a competitive environment is challenging, researchers can ensure they put their best foot forward by following a few simple tips.

Researchers built a genetic obesity risk score using genetic data from over five million people.

Scientists once dismissed the theory that traits acquired during life could be inherited, but with new evidence and hypotheses, it’s seeing a resurgence.

An antibody in maternal milk limits an allergy-promoting bacterium in the infant gut microbiome, informing the development of better formula milk.

An acoustic feature of people’s voices, measured by AI from recordings, could indicate a form of throat cancer. 

Metabolic adaptations, air sac-filled bones, and evolutionary pressure likely contributed to dinosaurs’ gigantism.

Transplanting gut bacteria from healthy people reduced pain associated with fibromyalgia in mice and patients, offering a potential therapeutic strategy.

Learning a motor task alters brain activity during a nap, which promotes neural plasticity and can predict how much a person’s ability will improve.