Proteins, chromosomes, cells - biology and genetics

Xenobots mark a major step forward in biological robots. The tiny, short-lived creatures are designed in a virtual world then 3D printed with livin... (2020)

A filmmaker has captured mesmerizing and intimate details of an alpine newt's first days. (2019)

Listen to this episode from The Joy of Why on Spotify. Making living cells blink fluorescently like party lights may sound frivolous. But the demon... (2023)

Tiny proteins help power muscles and provide the toxic punch to many venoms (2019)

Harvard University selected XVIVO to develop an animation that would take their cellular biology students on a journey through the microscopic worl... (2019)

An international project is set to detail how every cell type in the body functions (2017)

The more protein that’s made, the more likely the gene is to be shut down. (2018)

DeepMind says its AlphaFold tool has successfully predicted the structure of nearly all proteins known to science. The AI lab is offering its datab... (2022)

Extending the genetic code THE FUZZY specks growing on discs of jelly in Floyd Romesberg’s lab at Scripps Research in La Jolla look much like an... (2019)

We have no ways to directly observe molecules and what they do -- Drew Berry wants to change that. At TEDxSydney he shows his scientifical... (2023)