In experiments, researchers showed that the disease-spreading insects couldn’t resist the sweet smell of a fungus that infected and killed them. By Jason P. Dinh Watch your back, DEET. There’s a new ...

If you ask Northwestern Engineering’s Michael Jewett, he’ll tell you the potential of cell-free gene expression has always made sense. Rip off the wall of the cell, collect its insides, and teach the ...

The University of Bristol is among the forerunners in synthetic and engineering biology research, teaching and innovation. This activity is cooridinated across the University and with our key partners ...

Prehistoric encounters with lead may have influenced the wiring of the human brain and helped Homo sapiens outpace their archaic cousins, according to a new publictaion in Science Advances. The ...

Scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have discovered a simple DNA "switch" that helps tropical butterflies adjust the size of their wing eyespots in response to seasonal ...