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Creating Synthetic Life in a Lab? SpudCell Falls Short of the Goal, But Raises Even More Useful Questions

While SpudCell is an important milestone in the field, it stops short of being a fully synthetic living cell.
Interesting Engineering

Scientists build synthetic cell that grows, divides and passes DNA to offspring

Scientists build a synthetic cell that grows, divides and replicates DNA using only non-living chemical components.
National Geographic news

Where might we find life in our solar system?

While life on Mars (and Venus) has long been an obsession for those wondering if we're alone, there are other places in our solar system that could support life in some form. This artist's concept ...
PNAS

Sensitivity of simulations of Plio–Pleistocene climate with the CLIMBER-2 Earth System Model to details of the global carbon cycle

Contributed by Michael E. Mann; received December 31, 2024; accepted April 26, 2025; reviewed by Hugues Goosse and Mikhail Verbitsky Here, we examine the carbon cycle behavior in the CLIMBER-2 model ...
IEEE

Simulation of Software Development Team Productivity Incorporating Social and Human Factors: A System Dynamics Model

Abstract: Managing software development work teams requires planning resources and activities to complete projects and deliver products satisfactorily and successfully. Estimating project time is part ...
IEEE

A Fast MPPT Method Based on Improved Water Cycle Optimization Algorithm for Photovoltaic Systems Under Partial Shading Conditions and Load Variations

Abstract: Photovoltaic array characteristics with partial shading (PS) have multiple maximum power points (MPPs), and conventional algorithms have difficulties in tracking accurate global maximum ...