Friday, Oct. 31, 2025, William and Mary’s iGEM research team won a gold medal at the Grand Jamboree in Paris for its novel research in the field of synthetic biology. International Genetically ...

Synthetic biology holds promise but requires careful oversight to ensure that its development causes minimal to no harm, according to experts. This discipline aims to apply engineering principles to ...

Synthetic biology is an interdisciplinary field that combines principles from biology, engineering, and computer science to design and construct new biological systems or redesign existing ones. It ...

Thought LeadersJames J. CollinsTermeer Professor of Medical Engineering and ScienceMassachusetts Institute of Technology In this interview, Professor James J. Collins, co-founder of the field of ...

Fossil fuel use has increasingly been linked to global warming and climate change over the past few decades. Consequently, the search for alternative fuels and energy sources has accelerated in recent ...

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 ...

Several round plastic containers rest on a surface, and each contains a small, striped frog. Juvenile Australian southern corroboree frogs at the University of Melbourne laboratories Credit: Tiffany ...