Synthetic organisms, mirror-reversed on the molecular level from natural life, could be a possibility within decades. They could interact with humans and the environment in unpredictable, potentially ...

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder—even if that beholder is a barn swallow. Depending on where the birds live, some of them ...

Top scientists have raised the alarm about the potentially existential threat of “mirror life” — manufactured bacteria that ...

The modern microchip stretches both the limits of physics and credulity. Such is the atomic precision, that a few atoms can ...

Christmas is a stressful time for many people, so it is important to focus on ways to stay calm during the festive season. In ...

Virtually every cell in the human body has an internal clock. These clocks take their cues from a central clock in the brain.

Research from Washington University shows that glioblastoma, a type of brain cancer, has its own internal clock that ...

According to figures from the World Health Organization, vector-borne diseases account for more than 17% of all infectious ...

A new study found that tumors grew 2.5 times larger in female fruit flies than males. With fruit flies sharing many genetic similarities and signaling pathways with humans, the finding could lead to ...

As we approach the end of 2024, First Opinion is publishing a series of essays on the state of AI in medicine and biopharma. ...

The development of molecules to study and treat disease is becoming increasingly burdened by the time and specificity required to analyze the vast amounts of data generated by synthesizing large ...

This is my plea to get each and every one of you passionate enough to carry on and save the birds, they need it.” ...