Modularity is the characteristic of a system whose components can be separated or integrated without a change in their own properties or those of the rest of the system. A system lacks modularity when ...

Leading synthetic biologists have shared hard-won lessons from their decade-long quest to build the world's first synthetic eukaryotic genome in a Nature Biotechnology paper. Their insights could ...

Scientific advances over the past several decades have accelerated the ability to engineer existing organisms and to potentially create novel ones not found in nature. This report explores and ...

MIT engineers develop artificial hydrogel tendons to enhance strength, speed, and durability in biohybrid robotic system ...

Scientists issue urgent warning about chemicals, found to cause cancer and infertility as well as harming environment Scientists have issued an urgent warning that some of the synthetic chemicals that ...

Chiral phosphorus(V) compounds are vital in the fields of catalysis, pharmaceuticals and nucleic acids, yet their stereoselective synthesis has been difficult to achieve. Now, a bio-inspired catalyst ...

Milliken supplied Assure firefighter turnout gear to SFFD; Lvcy Pearl's Building Bags modular concept is mechanically ...

Humanoid robotics is entering a new era—one in which machines no longer merely resemble humans, but begin to move, react and ...