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Artificial Cells Communicate and Cooperate Tuesday, July 20, 2010 - Ehud Rattner Home >> Headlines >> General Science   
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Inspired by the social interactions of ants and slime molds, University of Pittsburgh engineers have designed artificial cells capable of self-organizing into independent groups that can communicate and cooperate. Recently reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), the research is a significant step toward producing synthetic cells that behave like natural organisms and could perform important, microscale functions. (source: sciencedaily.com)
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