Like modern-day high performance machines, cells are constantly monitoring signals in their environment in order to “decide” on a course of action such as growth or movement. The signals are ...

Electronic gizmos and living cells alike can process signals, turning inputs into outputs—even recognizing when gray-area signaling is dark enough, or light enough, to justify decisions that are, well ...

A fundamental goal of synthetic biology is to predictably and efficiently reprogram cells to perform computations and carry out specific biological tasks 1. Cells genetically engineered with ...

Movies, acquired by time-lapse microscopy, provide a powerful way to analyse the dynamics of genetic circuits at the level of individual cells. The combination of time-lapse microscopy, quantitative ...

As scientists work toward making genetically altered bacteria create living "circuits" to produce a myriad of useful proteins and chemicals, they have logically assumed that the single-celled ...

Encapsulating molecular components in artificial membranes offers more flexibility in designing circuits, report researchers. Synthetic biology allows scientists to design genetic circuits that can be ...

In new research, Alex Green, an assistant professor at ASU’s Biodesign Institute, demonstrates how living cells can be induced to carry out computations in the manner of tiny robots or computers. The ...

Part one of a two-part story. Read part two here. Neurodegenerative disease researchers have caught on that glia do more than supply energy to neurons or respond to emergencies such as amyloid ...

Automobiles, aircraft, marine vehicles, uninterruptible power supplies, and telecom hardware use series-connected battery stacks. These stacks of individual cells may contain many units, potentially ...