Scientists used AI to generate 16 viable viruses not found in nature, marking a first that experts say demands urgent safeguards against dual-use risks.

A new AI search engine predicts how known chemicals break apart in a mass spectrometer and uses that map to name compounds that ordinary libraries miss.

CRISPR gene editing enters mainstream medicine as Casgevy approval fuels a clinical trial pipeline for cancer, rare diseases, and autoimmune conditions with FDA cutting red tape.

MIT engineers wired 24 bacterial colonies into a living adder circuit, a step toward embedding computation inside plants.

Gregory Stock (author of Generation AI) and Giulio Prisco move beyond the typical fears of AI replacing humans. Instead, they explore the deep cosmic and spiritual meaning of technology.

Researchers in computational protein design and protein structure prediction assisted by AI have won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

A NASA-funded study tests whether fungi can grow with planetary regolith to form strong building materials for lunar and Martian bases.

Scientists are trying to create synthetic cells that are simplified versions of living cells and work like living cells.