Researchers have developed synthetic genes that function like the genes in living cells. The artificial genes can build intracellular structures through a cascading sequence that builds ...

Imagine printing your Martian home from dust, sunlight, and a bit of biology. A new synthetic lichen system uses fungi and bacteria to grow building materials directly from Martian soil, completely ...

Geobarns began in a moment of desperate struggle. For founder George Abetti, the business was born not out of grand plans or ample resources, but out of necessity. “It started from a time when I just ...

NASA is funding technology that would use robotics and 3D printing to construct parts of very large spacecraft and other structures in space. Doing this in space (instead of on the ground) could ...

McGill University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA. McGill University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. The puzzle of memory has intrigued philosophers and ...