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 ...

While our ability to collect large amounts of experimental data in a timely and cost-effective manner represented, until recently, a top priority, a different challenge is currently taking shape. Now ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...

Using evolution as a guiding principle, researchers have successfully engineered bacteria-yeast hybrids to perform photosynthetic carbon assimilation, generate cellular energy and support yeast growth ...

Modern bioassays tend to fall under three common modalities: colorimetric, luminometric or fluorometric. Colorimetric assays record the amount of light absorbed by a reporter compound. This absorbance ...

Spatial biology is the study of the spatial organization of biological systems. It has immense clinical applications in disease diagnosis and treatment. By analyzing the spatial arrangement of cells ...

Fossil fuel use has increasingly been linked to global warming and climate change over the past few decades. Consequently, ...

The National Academies will host a workshop on the research and development needs to advance biological applications of quantum-enabled sensing and imaging technologies. The workshop will bring ...