Nature Podcast

Complex synthetic cells bring scientists closer to artificial cellular life


Listen Later

00:46 Synthetic cells made from bacterial bits

For years researchers have been interested in creating artificial cells, as they could be useful for manufacturing compounds and understanding how life works. Now a new method shows how this can be accomplished using polymer droplets that integrate components of burst bacteria. The synthesised cells are able to perform translation and transcription and have several features that resemble real cells, like a proto-nucleus and a cytoskeleton.


Research article: Xu et al.

News and Views: Life brought to artificial cells


09:33 Research Highlights

A mysterious ancient creature identified from its vomit, and the combination of immunity, diet and bacteria that could protect from metabolic disorders.


Research Highlight: The Jurassic vomit that stood the test of time

Research Highlight: A sugary diet wrecks gut microbes — and their anti-obesity efforts


11:42 Briefing Chat

We discuss some highlights from the Nature Briefing. This time, research on the safety of three-person embryos, and the gene that gave our ancestors an edge over neanderthals.


Nature News: Embryos with DNA from three people develop normally in first safety study

Nature News: Did this gene give modern human brains their edge?


Subscribe to Nature Briefing, an unmissable daily round-up of science news, opinion and analysis free in your inbox every weekday.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Nature PodcastBy Springer Nature Limited

  • 4.5
  • 4.5
  • 4.5
  • 4.5
  • 4.5

4.5

708 ratings


More shows like Nature Podcast

View all
Science Friday by Science Friday and WNYC Studios

Science Friday

6,175 Listeners

Big Picture Science by Big Picture Science

Big Picture Science

930 Listeners

The Naked Scientists Podcast by The Naked Scientists

The Naked Scientists Podcast

605 Listeners

Science Magazine Podcast by Science Magazine

Science Magazine Podcast

810 Listeners

Science Quickly by Scientific American

Science Quickly

610 Listeners

Science Weekly by The Guardian

Science Weekly

408 Listeners

Science Quickly by Scientific American

Science Quickly

1,368 Listeners

Science In Action by BBC World Service

Science In Action

343 Listeners

Discovery by BBC World Service

Discovery

971 Listeners

Eye Podcast by Nature Publishing Group

Eye Podcast

0 Listeners

NPP BrainPod by Springer Nature

NPP BrainPod

16 Listeners

Pediatric Research Podcast by Nature Publishing Group

Pediatric Research Podcast

4 Listeners

Unexpected Elements by BBC World Service

Unexpected Elements

355 Listeners

BBC Inside Science by BBC Radio 4

BBC Inside Science

399 Listeners

The Quanta Podcast by Quanta Magazine

The Quanta Podcast

507 Listeners

CrowdScience by BBC World Service

CrowdScience

477 Listeners

The world, the universe and us by New Scientist

The world, the universe and us

108 Listeners

The Joy of Why by Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine

The Joy of Why

496 Listeners